OSLO - Western diplomats said on Thursday they would expand their Afghan relief operations while continuing to pressure the country's Islamist Taliban rulers to respect human rights and allow girls to go to school.
With millions of Afghans at risk of starvation this winter as poverty deepens, Norway hosted meetings from Jan 23-25 between the Taliban and US and European diplomats as well as with aid organisations and Afghan civil society groups. The diplomats"noted with grave concern the absence from, and limitations on access to, secondary schools for girls in many parts of the country and underscored the importance of higher education for women as well as job opportunities for women in all fields".
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