RASC: Following the publication of a report on the Taliban’s recent order to ban the activities of foreign institutions in the education sector, UNICEF, in addition to expressing concern, said that it is following up on this matter.
Reuters reported on Thursday, June 8, that UNICEF is following up on the order to see if there is an exception for international organizations.
UNICEF warned that if international non-governmental organizations active in the education sector are no longer allowed to operate, it may affect hundreds of thousands of students.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced in May this year that it will establish 21,000 educational classes throughout Afghanistan.
In the same period of time, this organization had announced the holding of an intensive training course for girls in Bamyan.
The spokesperson of UNICEF says that if international organizations stop working in the education sector, more than 300,000 girls will probably lose quality education.
The Taliban have not yet commented on this matter. However, an audio tape of Wahidullah Hashemi, the head of international relations of the Taliban Ministry of Education, has been made available to the media, in which he said that foreign institutions have up to one month to completely stop their projects in the education sector. According to him, this order has been issued verbally so far.
