Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls

Ronan — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 05:50:02 +0000

Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban government indicated Tuesday — even though they have been banned from classrooms since the former insurgents took over the country last year.

According to two documents from the Taliban ministry of education, obtained by The Associated Press, the decision applies to 31 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces where the winter school break starts in late December.

Ehsanullah Kitab, head of the Kabul education department, said the exams would take place on Wednesday. He provided no other details, and it was not clear how many teenage girls would be able to take the exam.

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

Ronan — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 05:55:51 +0000

The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back into classrooms.

Schoolgirls told the BBC they were devastated not to be returning. "Everything looks very dark," one said.

Taliban officials who seized power last month said they were working to reach a decision on the matter.

Many fear a return of the regime of the 1990s when the Taliban severely restricted girls' and women's rights.

Under their new government, Taliban officials have said that women will be allowed to study and work in accordance with the group's interpretation of Islamic religious law.

But working women have been told to stay at home until the security situation improves, and Taliban fighters have beaten women protesting against the all-male interim government.

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen

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Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls

Girls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen