Taliban deputy urges leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls

In a rare public rebuke of government policy, senior Taliban figure Sher Abbas Stanikzai urged the group’s leader to lift education bans on Afghan women and girls, stating there is no excuse for such restrictions. Stanikzai emphasized the unjust denial of education to 20 million people and called for a change in policy, directly appealing to Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. This plea comes amid international pressure, including from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, to challenge the Taliban on women’s education and employment rights.

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