Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Foreign Minister appointed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, asserted that the persistent prohibition on women’s education is the primary factor causing a rift between the Taliban and the public.
Examining the Taliban’s Perspective on the Societal Impact of Restricting Women’s Education
The Taliban appointed Deputy Foreign Minister while speaking at a graduation ceremony, stressed the importance of reopening schools for girl students beyond grade 6 and said a society without knowledge is “dark”.
The ceremony was held by the Taliban’s Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs to mark the graduation of students who have studied in educational entities under the ministry.
- Stanikzai said: “This is everyone’s right. This is the natural right that God and the prophet have given them, how can someone take this right from them? If anyone violates this right, this is an oppression against the Afghans and the people of this country.
- Try to reopen the doors of the educational institutions for everyone. Today, our only problem with the neighbors and the world is caused by the issue of education. If the nation is getting distant from us and upset with us, that is due to the education issue.”
- The Taliban-appointed acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noorulla Noori, said that the youth living in far areas that lack access to education, have been enrolled in schools. He also stressed that there is no distance between religious and modern education.
- “The issue of distance is not true. There is no distance. The education that is being taught under Islamic Emirate’s rule, I can tell you that there has been no such system before,” Noori said, according to TOLO News.
- Girl students above grade six have been deprived of their education since the Taliban came to power.
- Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Education Habibullah Agha recently criticized the poor quality of education in the country’s religious schools, TOLO News reported.
- Habibullah Agha asked the Taliban and religious scholars to pay serious attention to raising the quality of education.
