For three years now, since the Taliban’s return to power, girls in Afghanistan have been unable to attend secondary school. They are in desperate need of a basic education, yet their rights have been systematically curtailed under the Taliban’s regime of “gender apartheid”. Although a recent United Nations meeting in Qatar did manage to bring the Taliban to the table, girls’ rights were not on the agenda. The Taliban insist that they will not accept international advice on the issue. In a blatant violation of international law (and in contempt of our shared humanity), the Taliban have cast asi…