Afghanistan, Aug. 16 -- The Malala Fund urged global action to support women in Afghanistan, warning that four years on, gender apartheid endures, erasing rights, education, and basic freedoms.

The Malala Fund has urged countries worldwide to step up support for Afghanistan's women and girls, warning that they continue to live under "gender apartheid" four years after the collapse of the republic regime in the country.

In a statement marking the anniversary, the organization said the Taliban's restrictions amount to an effort to erase women's rights, identity, and history from Afghanistan society. It called on the international community to provide stronger political, financial, and humanitarian backing for women resisting repression.

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