The head of Afghanistan's delegation to the United Nations said that depriving girls of education is cruelty to the future of a country and national betrayal. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where schools are closed to girls. 366 days have passed since the Taliban opposed the reopening of girls' schools.

At the same time as the one-year anniversary of the Taliban preventing the reopening of girls' schools, a year of opportunity to acquire knowledge has been lost that will never return.

Previously, the head of the UN office in Kabul had called the anniversary of the deprivation of Afghan girls from education a "shameful tragedy".