Afghanistan, March 26 -- Roza Otunbayeva emphasized that depriving girls of education is a major factor in Afghanistan's growing isolation from the global community.

Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in response to the beginning of the fourth academic year without the presence of girls, stated that the deprivation of education, and thus the violation of the right to education, is one of the main reasons for Afghanistan's isolation from the international community.

On Wednesday, March 26th, UNAMA issued a statement expressing "deep disappointment" regarding the continued ban on girls' education in Afghanistan.

The statement emphasized that the prohibition of girls' education not onl...