The new school year started in Afghanistan on Wednesday, but classes for older girls remained closed for the third year in a row.
Under the ruling Islamic Taliban, education for girls from seventh grade is still banned. According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), one million girls in the country are affected by the school ban.
During an official ceremony to mark the start of education, Taliban Education Minister Habibullah Agha announced that he wanted to increase the quality of education in the country. He did not discuss the possibility of opening schools for girls.
In the past, the Taliban had said they would suspend education for older girls only until unspecified conditions were created. However, nothing has been done in this direction so far.
A number of women are still in training
Recently, however, some senior Taliban members have publicly spoken out in favor of women’s education. In some parts of the country, women and girls over the age of twelve still attend religious schools, midwifery schools and nursing schools.
Source: Krone
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