Kabul, Aug. 9 -- Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has claimed that the Taliban's policy to bar Afghan girls from attending school was made on Pakistan's orders rather than in accordance with Islamic law.

According to Hamid Karzai, Pakistan ordered the ban on girls' schools.

Karzai stated that denying girls the opportunity to attend school will result in an impoverished Afghanistan, isolated, and incapable of standing on its own feet.

He claimed some Taliban officials are in favour of opening schools.

Afghanistan is currently ruled by Taliban forces.

They captured power last year.

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