Taliban | Taliban ban high school education for girls; The World Bank has frozen plans in Afghanistan

The World Bank says four $ 600 million projects in Afghanistan have been put on hold amid concerns over a ruling by Islamist leaders in the country over a ban on high school education for girls. Funding projects under the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) have been frozen. These were projects to support agriculture, education, health and livelihoods in the country.

The World Bank provided financial assistance under the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund to support women and girls. But the World Bank has expressed concern over the Taliban’s decision to deny girls high school education.

Therefore, the World Bank said it would approve the four projects “only when the World Bank and international partners gain a better understanding of the current situation in the country and the confidence that the projects can achieve their goals.” But it is not clear when this will be.

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U.S. officials last week canceled meetings with the Taliban in Doha over a decision to deny girls a secondary school education. On March 1, the World Bank’s Executive Board approved a plan to use more than $ 1 billion from the ARTF fund to finance the nation’s urgently needed education, agriculture, health and family projects. The ARTF was frozen when the Taliban came to power in the country in August following the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.

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Foreign governments have also cut off more than 70 percent of government spending. This accelerated the economic collapse of the country.

When the World Bank agreed to disburse ARTF funds for new projects implemented by UN agencies, the World Bank stated that it would “ensure that girls and women benefit from the program and focus on this.”

The Taliban have abolished the rights of women for the past two decades. Women were forbidden to fly without men. Most girls are barred from going to school after seventh grade. Taliban leaders have said they will allow all girls to return to classes by the end of this month. But the Taliban reversed the decision. Tens of thousands of girls have returned to classes since the reopening of schools in Afghanistan. But within hours, officials were asking them to go home. Authorities have not yet clarified the reason for the policy change.

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