{"id":1396041,"date":"2022-03-23T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396041"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:31:18","slug":"taliban-breaks-promise-keeps-girls-high-schools-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-breaks-promise-keeps-girls-high-schools-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Breaks Promise, Keeps Girls\u2019 High Schools Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaliban-breaks-promise-keeps-girls-high-schools-closed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396041&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>KABUL (Reuters)\u2014The<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0high\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">schools\u00a0<\/span>would open for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s, saying they would<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0remain\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">closed\u00a0<\/span>until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers and<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>from three<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0high\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">schools\u00a0<\/span>around the capital Kabul said<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s had returned in excitement to campuses on Wednesday morning, but were ordered to go home. They said many<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>left in<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0tears<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all got disappointed and we all became totally hopeless when the principal told us, she was also crying,&#8221; said a student, not being named for security reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>ruled Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001, they banned female education and most employment.<\/p>\n<p>The international community has made the education of<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s a key demand for any future recognition of the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>administration, which took over the country in August as foreign forces withdrew. The United Nations and United States condemned the reported closures on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Education had announced last week that<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0schools\u00a0<\/span>for all<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students<\/span>, including<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s, would open around the country on Wednesday after months of restrictions on education for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0high\u00a0<\/span>school-aged<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening a Ministry of Education spokesman released a video congratulating all<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>on their returning to class.<\/p>\n<p>However on Wednesday a Ministry of Education notice said<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0schools\u00a0<\/span>for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s would be<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0closed\u00a0<\/span>until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law and Afghan culture, according to Bakhtar News, a government news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We inform all<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0high\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">schools\u00a0<\/span>and those<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0schools\u00a0<\/span>that are having female<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>above class six that they are off until the next order,&#8221; said the notice.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s ministry of education spokesman did not respond to calls and messages seeking comment. A<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>administration source confirmed to Reuters that<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0schools\u00a0<\/span>for<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0girl<\/span>s in Kabul would be<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0closed\u00a0<\/span>for now, without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p>The<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>is seeking to run the country according to its interpretation of Islamic law while at the same time accessing billions of dollars in aid that it desperately needs to stave off widespread poverty and hunger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.N. in Afghanistan deplores today&#8217;s reported announcement by the<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>that they are further extending their indefinite ban on female<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0students\u00a0<\/span>above the 6th grade being permitted to return school,&#8221; the United Nations&#8217; Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires for Afghanistan, Ian McCary, currently based in Qatar, said in a tweet that he was deeply troubled by the reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is very disappointing &#038; contradicts many<span class=\"highlight\" data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">\u00a0Taliban\u00a0<\/span>assurances &#038; statements,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Kabul Newsroom; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Michael Perry)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (Reuters)\u2014The\u00a0Taliban\u00a0on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that\u00a0high\u00a0schools\u00a0would open for\u00a0girls, saying they would\u00a0remain\u00a0closed\u00a0until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen. Teachers and\u00a0students\u00a0from three\u00a0high\u00a0schools\u00a0around<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}