Girls’ training in Afghanistan solely being ‘postponed’: Taliban

The Taliban has now claimed that Afghan ladies and ladies haven’t been completely banned from universities and faculties however that their training is being “postponed”.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 11, 2023 15:59 IST

Back in December 2022, Taliban banned all ladies from attending faculty and universities till additional discover. (File photograph/Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: After banning feminine college students from universities and faculties, the Taliban has now claimed that Afghan ladies and ladies haven’t been completely banned however that their training has been “postponed”.

Back in December 2022, the Taliban banned all ladies from attending faculty and universities till additional discover, sparking protests because the transfer resulted in a full ban on women and girls pursuing training after class 6 within the nation.

“I would like to make it clear that it is not a permanent ban on women’s education, it has been postponed until a conducive environment is created for their education,” Taliban spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen stated, in line with a report printed by the Independent.

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The spokesperson additional added that they’re working in full swing to realize the claimed conducive scenario “as soon as possible”.

The Taliban leaders, he stated, weren’t “against women’s education per se” however wished ladies to “receive education in an environment compliant with our values and rules”, the Independent report acknowledged.

He didn’t share additional particulars of the phrases beneath which the federal government has prohibited ladies from finding out in Afghanistan.

Despite initially promising a extra reasonable rule respecting rights for girls and minorities, the Taliban have broadly applied their strict interpretation of Islamic regulation since seizing management of the nation in May 2021.

They banned ladies from center college and highschool, restricted ladies from most employment, and ordered them to put on head-to-toe clothes in public.

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Jan 11, 2023