KABUL (Pajhwok): Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai has highlighted the importance of science and knowledge in ensuring stability, progress and prosperity in society and called for the reopening of girls’ schools and universities.
November 10 has been designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as World Science Day for Peace and Development.
In a message marking the occasion, Karzai stressed that Afghanistan, like every other human society, needed science and knowledge.
“Our country can free itself from dependence on foreigners, overcome its problems and make progress only when educational opportunities are provided to all its citizens,” he said.
The former president once again called for the earliest possible reopening of schools and universities to girls, stressing that Afghanistan could achieve progress and prosperity through a generation equipped with science and knowledge.
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