Richard Bennett, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, says the Taliban's policy of banning education has made Afghan girls more eager to learn.
On Monday, the 18th of Scorpio, Mr. Bennett said at a meeting at the University of Ottawa in Canada, referring to the policies of the Taliban and authoritarian governments in the region: "Force, threats, fear and violence can only go so far." Humans will always oppose such a situation."
"We see this in the field of education: when girls are denied an education, their passion for education increases," she added.
The UN special rapporteur said that although it seems contradictory, girls' desire for education is even greater now than during the republican system.