ash and food, U.N. officials and a
and food, U.N.dependent on aid. That figure looks se
rning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeover.
Even before the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul last month, half the population – or 18 million people – was dependent on aid. That figure looks set to increase due to drought and shortages of cash and food, U.N. officials and aid groups warn.
An abrupt end to billions of dollars in foreign donations following the collapse of Afghanistan’s Western-backed government and the ensuing victory of the Taliban has heaped more pressure on U.N. programmes.
Yet U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says his organisation is struggling financially: “At the present moment the U.N. is not even able to pay its salaries to its own workers,” he told reporter News Agency on Saturday that arrangements were being made to reopen girls’ secondary schools but he gave no date.
Talking to Reuters, a teacher at a private school in Kabul informed of a host of changes that were made before reopening the schools. “Girls study in the morning and boys in the afternoon. Male teachers teach boys and female teachers teach girls,” said the teacher. Some teachers said that girls who are low in spirits are still contemplating if they want to resume school.
“The education of girls is fixing a generation. The education of boys may affect a family but the education of girls affects society,” said the school’s principal, Mohammadreza. “We are very closely following the matter so that girls can resume their education and complete their studies.”
Meanwhile, the UN expressed that it is ‘deeply worried’ for the future of girls’ schooling in Afghanistan. “It is critical that all girls, including older girls, are able to resume their education without any further delays. For that, we need female teachers to resume teaching,” Unicef said.
Though, the Taliban have said they will not enforce the fundament