EU urges government  to let women work, girls get education

KABUL (Pajhwok): European Union Special Representative for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson has asked the Taliban to allow women get back to work and girls get education.

Lending EU’s firm support to women rights in Afghanistan Niklasson termed girls in Afghanistan not going to school and women not going to work a frozen asset.

He wrote on his twitter account: “I am deeply concerned about #Afghanistan’s frozen financial assets. But girls not going to school, women not being allowed to work, to provide services through NGOs, or to create and lead businesses providing jobs are another frozen asset. The interim government can unfreeze it.”

“The #EU will continue to uphold the #universality of #humanrightsand exercise vigilance against any attempt to undermine international commitments.”

“#Afghanistan will survive, rise and prosper, once it includes its #women. #AFGgirls2School.”

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