The United Nations on Sunday called on the Taliban to let teenage girls return to the classroom, marking the anniversary of the closure of girls’ schools in Afghanistan following last year’s Taliban takeover. In a statement, the UN deputy special representative for Afghanistan, Markus Potzel, called the exclusion of girls from high school “shameful and tragic,” adding that it has no justification and no parallel anywhere in the world. Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban have prevented girls beyond grade six from getting an education, prompting a national debate and disappointi…