Afghanistan, March 16 -- The former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has called for the reopening of schools and universities for girls on the eve of the new academic year. He considered the ban on girls' education a major obstacle to Afghanistan's progress and stated that continuing this policy would lead to the country's backwardness.
On Sunday, Karzai wrote on his X account, stating, "For years, the girls of our country have been waiting to hear the school bell, but they have been deprived of this happiness." With the start of the new academic year, the educational deprivation of women and girls will enter its fourth year.
Karzai emphasized that education is not just a right, but a vital need for the welfare and survival of the ...