In schools for the very first time after the Taliban came to power in August of last year, the girls attending an institution in Kabul were tearing up as they packed up their belongings before being taken out of their school buildings.
“When the Taliban were in power last August, the schools were shut down due to the covid-19 pandemic; however, only boys and girls were allowed to return to classes after two months. There was a fear that the Taliban would shut down the girls’ formal education like during the initial period of power between 1996 and 2001′, said the AFP report.
All schools will be accessible to all girls and boys,’ Aziz Ahmad Rayan, a spokesperson on behalf of the Ministry of Education, stated earlier to Reuters.
As per the news report, the Taliban were then quoted as saying that they would let girls from Afghanistan go back to school as soon as high schools begin to open.’
Girls were excited to return to campus in the morning of Wednesday, only to be directed to stay home. Girls in the sixth grade were not permitted to remain in the classrooms and were ejected.
“We were all disappointed, and all of us were depressed when the principal revealed to us that she was crying.’
Amnesty International released a statement declaring that it was deeply concerned over the Taliban’s complete reversal of its decision to create a secondary school exclusively for girls.’
