On the International Day of the Girl Child, Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, said that Afghan girls are facing the most extraordinary repression in the country.
West urged the international community to listen to the voice of Afghan girls, because a "safe and bright future" for Afghanistan depends on them.
On social media platform X on Thursday, he wrote, "Nowhere else is half a population of middle and high schoolers denied an education."
According to him, this will have an impact on mental health, families, society and the economy of Afghanistan.
Tom West has stated that the Taliban are responsible for oppressing Afghan girls.
He stressed that the international community should continue to support Afghan girls.
Since the Taliban’s takeover of power in 2021, the group has imposed extensive restrictions on Afghan women and girls.
Currently, girls are prohibited from attending schools beyond the sixth grade and they are also barred from higher education.
The United Nations has marked October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child.
