[HIGHLIGHTS] UNICEF “Restrictions and barriers to women’s education in Afghanistan must be removed”

UNICEF/United Nations Children's Fund's South Asia regional representative gave an interview to NHK regarding the current situation in Afghanistan. Mr.

Sanjay Wijesekera, head of UNICEF's South. Asia Regional Office, came to Japan and gave an. interview toNHK on the 1st. He said that during a visit to Afghanistan, where women are still only. able to attend elementary school under the rule of the Islamist group Taliban, he met a. girl who expressed her desire to become a doctor.