RASC News Agency: It has been 992 days since girls above the sixth grade were banned from attending school, following a directive from the Taliban. Since Tuesday, June 4, social media users have launched a campaign advocating for the return of Afghanistani girls to school.
They have expressed their outrage and condemnation of the unjustifiable ban on girls’ education. Ziauddin Yousafzai, a user on the platform X, wrote: “Preventing 4.3 million girls from attending school is an irreparable loss for themselves, their families, and their country.” Similarly, another user, Nasim, stated that the Taliban have stolen the right to education from the country’s girls.
Tara Halima, another user, shared: “It has been over 990 days since my two sisters last saw their school, and I have not seen my university. I was in my second year of university, but since the Taliban’s takeover, I have not returned to my studies.” This campaign to end the ban on girls’ education comes as approximately 532 days have passed since girls were also barred from universities.
In the initial months following their takeover of Kabul, the Taliban prohibited girls above the sixth grade from continuing their education, and in their second year of rule, they closed the universities to female students. The call to lift the ban on girls’ education is being made as the third Doha meeting, scheduled for the end of this month, approaches. The issue of girls’ education is expected to be a significant demand from the international community to the Taliban.
Wednesday marks the first day of university entrance exams in Afghanistan, where only boys are permitted to participate, leaving the fate of the girls uncertain.
