ISLAMABAD: A senior member of Afghanistan's Taliban-run government on Tuesday called on the South Asian country's new rulers to reopen schools for girls beyond the sixth grade, saying there was no valid reason in Islam for the ban.
The appeal from Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban deputy foreign minister, came during a top Taliban gathering in the capital Kabul. It was a rare moderate voice amid the harsh measures imposed by the Taliban since they overran the country and seized power in August 2021.
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