This is chilling news.
The Taliban on Wednesday ordered the closure of middle and high schools for girls in Afghanistan, just hours after they reopened, a Taliban official confirmed.
Order to go home
"Yes it's true," Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani said without further comment, confirming reports that the girls had been asked to return home.
An AFP-TV team was filming a lesson in a class at Zarghona high school for girls in the capital Kabul on Wednesday morning when a teacher entered and ordered the students to go home.
A flashback
The latter, who were rejoicing in their return to school for the first time since the Islamic fundamentalists took power last August, closed their books, packed their things, and left the classroom in tears.
The international community has made the right to education for all a stumbling block in negotiations on aid and recognition of the fundamentalist Islamist regime.
Several countries and organizations have proposed paying teachers.
World
Pakistan: At least 56 dead and 194 injured in the attack on a mosque in Peshawar
World
Afghanistan: Famine threatens children since the return of the Taliban
Violence against women
school
High school
Taliban
Afghanistan
World
0 comment
0 share
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Flipboard
Share on Pinterest
Share on Linkedin
Send by Mail
To safeguard
A fault ?
To print