Afghan local officials have confirmed that families could be fined a hundred thousand Afghanis for not sending their children to school in Khost province.
The governor of Khost, Halim Fedayee said in a tweet that the decision has been made in consultation with the Khost inhabitants.
This comes as the Ministry of Education and UNICEF have previously said that about 60 percent of children in Afghanistan who deprived education are girls.
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