Education ban puts Afghan girls at risk of early marriage: UNICEF Chief

The head of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, has warned that Afghan girls deprived of education and their rights face limited prospects beyond early marriage.

In a message shared on Wednesday on the social media platform X, Russell wrote that the voices of Afghan women are being silenced, and their dreams denied.

Her message stated, “Those excluded from schools are confined to their homes and stripped of their rights, with little future beyond early marriage.”

Russell...