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Turkey reopens 10 girls' schools in Afghanistan
Turkish foreign minister says Ankara is keen to help Afghan women by talking to Taliban and continue to provide them with education

Afghan schoolgirls walk along a path as they return from school in Mazar-i-Sharif on 30 October 2021 (AFP)
By Ragip Soylu in Ankara
Published date: 4 November 2021 16:46 UTC | Last update: 3 days 2 hours ago

Turkey has managed to reopen 10 out of 14 girls’ schools operated by the Turkish government in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday during a parliamentary meeting.

Cavusoglu said Turkey was trying to support Afghan women through diplomacy, which he personally conducted with a visiting Taliban delegation last month, urging interim foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, to embrace all parties and groups in Afghanistan.

“Of course our suggestions aren’t enough. That’s why 10 out of 14 schools administered by Maarif Foundation have reopened,” Cavusoglu said, referring to the Turkish state-funded foundation that runs a total of 80 schools in Afghanistan, of which 14 are for girls only.

Turkey remains the only Nato country to have a functioning embassy in Kabul after the Taliban takeover earlier this year.

Cavusoglu said that Turkey had granted a scholarship to an Afghan girl who has taken first place in the Afghanistan university exam.

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