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To protect Afghan girls, UN panel urges conditions on aid

Basima Hidari, 20, sits on the grave of her brother Ali Hidari in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Hidari was injured and her 19-years-old brother Ali Hidari was killed last month when they were trying to enter the airport during the U.S.-led evacuation. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Afghans sort second-hand clothes at the Chaman-e-Hozari Park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Taliban fighters sit on the back of a pickup truck as they stop on a hillside in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) FILE- In this file photo dated Friday, July 12, 2013, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, applauds as Malala Yousafzai addresses the 'Malala Day' Youth Assembly, at United Nations headquarters. In his General Assembly opening address on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres practically scolded world leaders for disappointing young people with a perceived inaction on climate change, inequalities and the lack of educational opportunities, among other issues important to young people. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, FILE) A burqa-clad Afghan woman and two children beg for alms during Friday prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) An Afghan girl working as a shoe cleaner sits in the street while men pray during Friday prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Women march to demand their rights under the Taliban rule during a demonstration near the former Women's Affairs Ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. The interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital said Sunday that many female city employees have been ordered to stay home by the country’s new Taliban rulers. (AP Photo)