Islamabad:Malala Yousafzai has appealed to the Talibani leadership in Afghanistan to revoke the de facto ban imposed on female education and immediately reopen girls senior secondary schools across the nation, emphasising that the new rulers in Kabul should abide by their assurances given to the world of respecting women's rights.
In an open letter written to the Taliban regime following the tough rules imposed on the girl's education, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate said that Afghanistan is the only nation in the world that forbids girl's education.
"Afghanistan is now the only country in the world that forbids girls' education. Leaders everywhere must take urgent, decisive action to get every Afghan girl back in school," the 24-year-old London-based Pakistani activist said in the letter which was posted on her Twitter handle.
"To the Taliban authorities, you assured the world that you would respect the rights of girls and women — but you are denying millions their right to learn. Reverse the de facto ban on girls' education and re-open girls' secondary schools immediately," she added.
Malala, who was critically injured by a Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan gunman in 2012, also urged the leaders of the powerful G20 nations to put efforts beyond just discussion on such matters.
"To the leaders of the G20 nations, discussing the importance of education isn't enough. Use the G20 Leaders' Declaration to call on the Taliban to allow girls to go to school and provide urgent funding to support a coordinated education plan for all Afghan children," she said.