United Nations:
The Taliban will announce a framework that makes it possible for girls to attend college in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official mentioned, immediately after 4 weeks in which Afghan boys have been permitted a secondary education but girls have not.
“The de facto minister of education told us that they are working on a framework, which they will announce soon, that will allow all girls to go to secondary school, and we are expecting that to happen very soon,” UNICEF deputy executive director Omar Abdi mentioned at the United Nations in New York on Friday.
For weeks now the Taliban have been saying that they will let girls to return to college as quickly as doable.
The terror group, notorious for its brutal and oppressive rule from 1996 to 2001, has faced international fury immediately after efficiently excluding ladies and girls from schools and work across the nation, whilst incrementally stripping away Afghans’ freedoms.
The Taliban permitted girls to attend principal college from the start off, but have maintained that neither the girls nor their female teachers could return to secondary college however.
Taliban officials have mentioned that can take place only as soon as the girls’ safety and strict gender segregation can be ensured below the group’s restrictive interpretation of sharia law, adding that more time is required to place this framework in location.
Abdi noted that, as he spoke, “millions of girls of secondary school age are missing out on education for the 27th consecutive day.”
He mentioned the UN has urged the Taliban authorities now governing Afghanistan “not to wait” on educating girls.
Abdi mentioned he had visited Afghanistan the week prior to and met with Taliban authorities.
“In all my meetings, the education of girls was the first issue that I raised.”
He mentioned he had received “affirmations” of the Taliban’s commitments to let girls to attend principal college.
As for secondary college, he mentioned they have been permitted “only in five provinces,” but added that the UN is pushing for the suitable to be implemented all through the nation.
A 14-year-old girl identified as Asma this week expressed each her aggravation with the circumstance and her determination to pursue an education.
“Will I be able to go to school or not? This is my biggest concern. I want to learn everything, from the easiest to the hardest subjects. I want to be an astronaut, or an engineer or architect… This is my dream,” she told Amnesty International.
“Education is not a crime,” she added. “If the Taliban announce that getting an education is a crime, then we will commit this crime. We will not give up.”
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