{"id":1397468,"date":"2022-03-24T00:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T04:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1397468"},"modified":"2022-03-24T00:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T04:44:45","slug":"taliban-breaks-promise-bans-girls-from-school-over-6th-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taliban-breaks-promise-bans-girls-from-school-over-6th-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Breaks Promise, Bans Girls from School over 6th Grade"},"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\">20<\/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-bans-girls-from-school-over-6th-grade%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=1397468&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--><p class=\"subheading\">The Taliban jihadist organization celebrated the beginning of the school year in Afghanistan on Wednesday \u2013 which it had promised would begin for both boys and girls \u2013 but blocked girls over sixth grade from entering classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The abrupt ban on girls\u2019 education caused dramatic scenes outside of high schools in Kabul, where girls interviewed by local media tearfully described being excited for the return of normalcy following the demise of the U.S.-backed government in August only to be told they were not welcome in school.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban \u2013 a terrorist group whose rule from 1996 to 2001 was defined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/05\/10\/killing-schoolgirls-afghanistan\">brutal<\/a> human rights abuses, particularly against women and girls \u2013 returned to power in August after President Joe Biden announced an extension of the 20-year-old Afghan war through the summer. Under President Donald Trump, the American government had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/09\/13\/exclusive-secretary-pompeo-afghan-peace-talks-pathway-achieve-zero-u-s-forces-afghanistan\/\">agreed<\/a> to leave Afghanistan by May 1, 2021, in exchange for Taliban leaders agreeing to cut ties with jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and not attacking U.S. and international forces. Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/13\/joe-biden-withdraw-remaining-us-troops-afghanistan-september-11-continuation-trump-plan\/\">broke<\/a> the agreement, announcing American troops would stay in the country through September, prompting the Taliban to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/07\/29\/taliban-attacks-biden-afghanistan\/\">launch<\/a> a nationwide campaign of conquest that ended on August 15, when Taliban fighters reached Kabul and former President Ashraf Ghani abruptly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/16\/report-ex-afghan-president-left-with-so-much-cash-it-didnt-fit-in-his-helicopter\/\">fled<\/a> the country.<\/p>\n<p>While no state has officially recognized the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan, governments of neighboring countries like Pakistan, China, and Russia have called for helping fund the Taliban through \u201chumanitarian aid\u201d to prevent a civilian catastrophe in the country. The United Nations also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/03\/18\/tacit-recognition-u-n-votes-to-work-with-taliban-regime-in-afghanistan\/\">voted<\/a> for cooperation with \u201crelevant Afghan political actors\u201d \u2013 without naming the Taliban, whose authority no other relevant Afghan political actors contest \u2013 last week, essentially greenlighting working with the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban \u201cMinistry of Education\u201d opened the school year on Wednesday with a ceremony in which various leaders addressed a crowd of men on the value of knowledge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0645\u06cc\u06c0 \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0645\u0639\u0627\u0631\u0641 \u0627\u0645\u0627\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645\u06cc \u0627\u0641\u063a\u0627\u0646\u0633\u062a\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0647\u200c\u0645\u0646\u0627\u0633\u0628\u062a \u0622\u063a\u0627\u0632 \u0633\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u0639\u0644\u06cc\u0645\u06cc 1401 \u062e\u0648\u0631\u0634\u06cc\u062f\u06cc<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zV1qzXsUv3\">https:\/\/t.co\/zV1qzXsUv3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bakhtar News Agency (@BakhtarNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BakhtarNA\/status\/1506610114341576708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Taliban\u2019s Bakhtar News Agency, the event to usher in the school year featured remarks from senior Taliban official\u00a0Mawlawi Noorul Haq <a href=\"https:\/\/bakhtarnews.af\/%d9%be%d9%87-%d9%87%db%90%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af-%da%a9%db%90-%db%b1%db%b4%db%b0%db%b1-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%db%8c%d9%85%d9%8a-%da%a9%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%be%db%8c%d9%84-%d8%b4%d9%88\/\">celebrating<\/a> the \u201cvalue of science and knowledge.\u201d Haq asserted, however, that Afghanistan\u2019s education system, while valuing science and knowledge, \u201cmust be standardized and in line with Islamic and Afghan values.\u201d Taliban leaders have repeatedly insisted that any inclusion of women in society and expansion of education must adhere to its extremist interpretation of\u00a0<em>sharia<\/em>, or Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>Another official, Education Ministry spokesman\u00a0Aziz Ahmad\u00a0Reyan, had the dubious distinction of announcing that girls above sixth grade would not be allowed in schools \u201cuntil further notice,\u201d according to Bakhtar. Rayan reportedly stated that the Taliban had, as it had previously stated, intended to allow all boys and girls to return to school, but needed more time to adjust girls\u2019 education.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aziz Ahmad Reyan, spokesman of the Ministry of Education, said that for now girls\u2019 schools beyond grade six will remain closed. The leadership of the Islamic Emirate will make a final decision on this, he said.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOLOnews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOLOnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0AbkBVc4z1\">pic.twitter.com\/0AbkBVc4z1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1506531228954017792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOnce a comprehensive plan has been drawn up in this regard \u2013 in accordance with <em>sharia<\/em> and Afghan tradition and culture, and the leadership of the Islamic Emirate [the Taliban] has been ordered \u2013 then these girls\u2019 schools and high schools will be officially informed,\u201d Rayan said of girls\u2019 middle and high schools, according to the Taliban news outlet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As recently as January, Taliban officials had claimed that girls would return to school alongside boys. Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/1\/17\/taliban-says-will-open-all-schools-for-girls-across-country\">said<\/a> at the time that girls would all return to school by March, blaming logistics issues \u2013 not fundamentalist opposition \u2013 for Afghan girls\u2019 inability to return to school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not against education,\u201d Mujahid told reporters at a press event at the beginning of the year, according to Al Jazeera. \u201cIn many provinces, the higher classes (girls\u2019 school) are open, but in some places where it is closed, the reasons are economic crisis and the framework, which we need to work on in areas which are overcrowded. And for that we need to establish the new procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Afghanistan\u2019s Tolo News <a href=\"https:\/\/tolonews.com\/afghanistan-177235\">noted<\/a> on Wednesday, following the announcement, that the Ministry of Education had explicitly promised that girls\u2019 education would resume this week. It noted that older girls were allowed to return to school in only two provinces, Herat and Badghis, and reported dramatic scenes of crying schoolgirls throughout Kabul.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Video: A schoolgirl says she is disappointed by being barred from school and never expected it to happen. All the students were crying, she said.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOLOnews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOLOnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4xq2vssfdR\">pic.twitter.com\/4xq2vssfdR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1506558928468992005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Video: A schoolgirl says when she heard about the reopening of schools yesterday, she cried from happiness. Today, she cried after she and her female classmates were prevented from entering their school.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TOLOnews?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TOLOnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8aib9kVtvX\">pic.twitter.com\/8aib9kVtvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1506526701500702721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Taliban breaking its promise to allow girls their right to education undermines months of international institutions expressing faith that the jihadist organization would not resume the brutality it implemented in the country in the 1990s. Shortly after the demise of the prior Afghan government in August, the United Nations children organization UNICEF claimed the Taliban supported girls\u2019 education.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF\u2019s head of Afghan field operations,\u00a0Mustapha Ben Messaoud, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/17\/unicef-optimistic-taliban-girls-school\/\">said<\/a> that month that the group had \u201cnot had a single issue with the Taliban\u201d and that, based on \u201congoing discussions,\u201d the U.N. entity was \u201cquite optimistic\u201d that the Taliban would allow girls to go to school.<\/p>\n<p>Western diplomats similarly issued a collective statement in January expressing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2022-01-27\/western-diplomats-seek-urgent-aid-for-afghanistan-assurances-on-girls-education\">hope<\/a> that \u201cthe revival of Afghanistan\u2019s economy\u201d would lead to expanded rights for women and girls. In a statement urging more international aid for the country, the group of diplomats\u00a0\u201cnoted with grave concern the absence from, and limitations on access to, secondary schools for girls in many parts of the country and underscored the importance of higher education for women as well as job opportunities for women in all fields.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18155786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/09\/Woman.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A woman protester scuffles with a member of the Taliban during a demonstration outside a school in Kabul on September 30, 2021. (Bulent Kilic\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Taliban leaders repeatedly promised an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/18\/martel-the-world-is-falling-talibans-inclusive-language-hoax\/\">inclusive<\/a>\u201d government with women allowed to participate in society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur sisters \u2026 have the same rights, will be able to benefit from their rights,\u201d Mujahid, the top Taliban spokesman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/17\/taliban-promise-no-discrimination-women-our-sisters-have-same-rights\/\">said<\/a> during his first press conference after the takeover of Kabul in August. \u201cThey can have activities in different sectors and different areas on the basis of our rules and regulations, educational, health, and other areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is not going to be any discrimination against women,\u201d he asserted, \u201cbut of course within the frameworks that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mujahid then subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/24\/taliban-tells-women-stay-home-until-we-train-jihadis-how-to-deal-with-you\/\">announced<\/a> the Taliban had ordered all women and girls in Afghanistan to not leave their homes until further notice, to allow the Taliban time to teach its terrorists \u201chow to deal with women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648119860490000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3qazzf2-Idylj4rkHk1nNX\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1648119860490000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2zh1TgxtkEYKTcjMAS3Xex\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban jihadist organization celebrated the beginning of the school year in Afghanistan on Wednesday \u2013 which it had promised would begin for both boys and girls \u2013 but blocked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"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-1397468","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\/1397468","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397468\/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=1397468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}