Girls again in secondary faculties in Kunduz: Taliban spokesperson

Secondary faculties in Afghanistan’s Kunduz province have now opened for ladies, Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen mentioned in a video shared on Twitter.
The video exhibits many ladies in black clothes and white scarves, some with veils, waving Taliban flags. “Girls are going to high schools in Khan Abad, Kunduz Province,” tweeted Doha-based Shaheen, who has been nominated as the brand new Afghan authorities’s everlasting consultant to the United Nations.
In the video aired on Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), a reporter could be heard saying “schools are open for girls, and there are no restrictions”. It is adopted by a Taliban member saying, “Girls and boys from grades seven to 12 are at school in the district. There are no issues for anyone so far”.

Girls Are Going to High Schools in Khan Abad, Kunduz Province. pic.twitter.com/fviUaQR3MI
— Suhail Shaheen. محمد سهیل شاهین (@suhailshaheen1) October 4, 2021
A Taliban spokesperson had mentioned in August that girls can be allowed to work and examine, and one other official mentioned ladies ought to take part in authorities. The Taliban has authorities mentioned ladies in Afghanistan can have rights “within the bounds of Islamic law,” or Shariah, underneath their newly established rule. However, ladies within the nation have been nervous concerning the Taliban’s interpretation of the Shariah and a return of the repressive insurance policies witnessed throughout its 1996-2001 rule.

The Taliban has additionally mentioned ladies is not going to be required to put on a full Burqa, and may go for simply the hijab (scarf). When they have been final in energy, the Taliban had made full burqa obligatory. In its rule within the 90s, faculties for ladies have been shut down and so they have been denied fundamental healthcare services. Women confronted brutal punishments, with some being publicly flogged, stoned or executed, for breaking guidelines.
As universities opened in September, academics and college students at institutes in Afghanistan’s largest cities – Kabul, Kandahar and Herat – instructed Reuters that feminine college students have been being segregated at school, taught individually or restricted to sure components of the campus. An picture additionally emerged exhibiting female and male college students sitting in a category separated by a curtain.
Days later, some Afghan women returned to main faculties with gender-segregated lessons, however older women confronted an anxious wait with no readability over if and once they would be capable of resume their research on the secondary faculty degree.
A tough-hitting speech by an Afghan lady, demanding to proceed her schooling, lately went viral. In a minute-long video, she was heard fearlessly asking Taliban leaders who they have been to remove rights and alternatives, when each women and men are equal earlier than ‘Allah’.

“I want to go to school.” Powerful message from this eloquent Afghan lady. pic.twitter.com/PdAMtg9Fjm
— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) September 22, 2021
Last month Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid instructed a press convention that work was “continuing over the issues of education and work of women and girls”, saying faculties will reopen “as soon as possible”, with out offering a timeframe.