Taliban say Afghan boys’ schools to reopen, no mention of girls

More than a month after the movement seized the capital Kabul, most educational institutions have remained closed because the Taliban have struggled to reopen the economy and restore normal life in the cities.

At some of the schools which have managed to operate, girls up to the sixth grade have attended, and women students have gone to university classes. However high schools for girls have been closed.

Taliban officers have stated they won’t replicate the fundamentalist policies of the previous Taliban authorities, which banned girls’ education, and they have promised that girls will be able to study so long as they do so in segregated classrooms.

Whereas the Taliban did not order schools to close after their takeover, the movement has stated the security situation meant that many activities for women and girls weren’t yet possible, and the latest statement didn’t mention girls in any respect.

It stated state and private schools at the primary and secondary level in addition to official madrasa religious schools would be open from Saturday.

“All teachers and male students should attend school,” the statement stated.