INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to immediately lift restrictions on
women&s education and work.Marking two years of the ban on women&s education in universities and women&s work in NGOs, Blinken said on X
that women and girls are the lynchpin to a more stable and prosperous Afghanistan.It&s been two years since Taliban (IEA) banned women and
girls from universities and Afghan women from working in NGOs
Afghan women and girls are the lynchpin to a more stable, peaceful, and prosperous Afghanistan
We call on the Taliban (IEA) to immediately reverse these edicts,& he said.The Ministry of Higher Education announced in December 2022 that
women and girls could not attend public and private universities &until further notice&.Previously, girls& education above the sixth grade
was also suspended.The post Blinken urges immediate lifting of restrictions on women&s education and work in Afghanistan first appeared on
