In Afghanistan, the Taliban ordered the closure of colleges and high schools for girls

A Taliban official confirmed that the Taliban ordered the closure of middle and high schools for girls in Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 23, just hours after they reopened.

” Yes, this is correct “Taliban spokesman Enamullah Semanghani told AFP without further comment, confirming reports that the girls had been asked to return home.

An AFP television crew was filming a classroom lesson at Zargona Girls’ High School in the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday morning when a teacher walked in and ordered the students to go home. The latter, who was delighted to be back in school for the first time since Islamic fundamentalists took power in August, closed their books, packed their things, and left the class weeping. The same scene was noticed by other journalists present in the country, Like a BBC reporter. The state-run Bakhtar News Agency hints at reopening “If the clothes [des filles] It is designed according to Sharia and Afghan customs and culture.”

The international community has made the right to education for all a stumbling block in negotiations over assistance and recognition of the fundamentalist Islamic regime. Many states and organizations have suggested teachers pay salaries.