Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her final class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 figuring out it was the top of her education. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom once more.
In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following 20 years of battle, the Taliban introduced that girls were barred from finding out past sixth grade.
They prolonged this education ban to universities in December 2022. The Taliban have defied international condemnation and warnings that the restrictions will make it virtually inconceivable for them to gain recognition because the nation’s official rulers.
Last week, U.N. particular envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern {that a} technology of Afghan women is falling behind with every day that passes.
Last week, an official in the Education Ministry stated Afghan girls of all ages are allowed to review in non secular faculties referred to as madrassas, which have historically been boys-only. But Otunbayeva stated it was unclear if there was a standardized curriculum that allowed trendy topics.
Bahara is holding onto her education and pores over textbooks at dwelling. “Graduating (from sixth grade) means we are going to seventh grade,” she stated. “But all of our classmates cried and we were very disappointed.”
There was no commencement ceremony for the ladies at Bibi Razia School.
In one other a part of Kabul, 13-year previous Setayesh Sahibzada wonders what the long run holds for her. She is unhappy she will be able to’t go to highschool anymore to realize her goals.
“I can’t stand on my own two feet,” she stated. “I wanted to be a teacher. But now I can’t study, I can’t go to school.”
Analyst Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that excluding girls and women from education can be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We understand that illiterate people can never be free and prosperous,” he stated.
The Taliban have barred girls from many public spaces and most jobs, all however confining women to their properties.
