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Charlotte Greenfield

Donors concerned over Taliban's U-turn on girls' schools - UNDP head

FILE PHOTO: A school student walks back from school through an alleyway near her home in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

The head of the United Nations' development agency said on Tuesday that the Taliban administration's U-turn last week on allowing girls to attend high school had created consternation among funders ahead of a key donor conference this week.

Diplomats and aid groups have warned that the shock move could make donors, already facing increased needs because of the Ukraine crisis, scale back their commitments.

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