Girls’ education ban: World remains united
Bayan News
Following thestay of girls’ schools and the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, the COUNTRY’s permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council has called on the international community to remain united in support of girls’ education.
Nasir Ahmad Andishah, Afghanistan’s permanent representative to the council, told members of the UN Human Rights Council that he was concerned about human rights abuses, especially afghan women and girls.
She called on the council members to support a ban on girls’ education and women’s work in Afghanistan to pave the way for girls’ education.
Referring to the structure of the current Government of Afghanistan, Andisheh stressed that the formation of an inclusive government in the country should be supported.” We call on the international community to remain united in supporting itself an inclusive and representative government in Afghanistan committed to protecting the rights of all its citizens. “The UN Human Rights Council is concerned about human rights abuses, especially women’s rights in Afghanistan.”
Meanwhile, a number of clerics from neighbouring countries have criticized Afghanistan’s ban on girls’ education.
In his Friday sermon, Mawlawi Abdul Hamid, the Sunni Friday Prayer Imam of Zahedan, advised kabul’s acting government to pay special attention to the Hazara and Shia areas of Afghanistan and should not make the residents’ relatives feel they have been discriminated against.” “It is advisable to pay private attention to Hazaras and Shia brothers so as not to be sensitive that they are deprived of their rights because of religious differences with other Afghans, lest this be the case.”