KABUL, Afghanistan — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her final class at Bibi Razia Faculty in Kabul on Dec. 11 realizing it was the tip of her training. Below Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom once more.
In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following twenty years of battle, the Taliban introduced that women had been barred from finding out past sixth grade.
They prolonged this training ban to universities in December 2022. The Taliban have defied international condemnation and warnings that the restrictions will make it nearly not possible for them to realize recognition because the nation’s legit rulers.
Final week, U.N. particular envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern {that a} era of Afghan women is falling behind with every day that passes.
Final week, an official within the Training Ministry stated Afghan women of all ages are allowed to review in spiritual colleges generally known as madrassas, which have historically been boys-only. However Otunbayeva stated it was unclear if there was a standardized curriculum that allowed fashionable topics.
Bahara is holding onto her training and pores over textbooks at house. “Graduating (from sixth grade) means we’re going to seventh grade,” she stated. “However all of our classmates cried and we had been very disenchanted.”
There was no commencement ceremony for the ladies at Bibi Razia Faculty.
In one other a part of Kabul, 13-year outdated Setayesh Sahibzada wonders what the longer term holds for her. She is unhappy she will be able to’t go to highschool anymore to realize her desires.
“I can’t stand by myself two ft,” she stated. “I wished to be a trainer. However now I can’t research, I can’t go to highschool.”
Analyst Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that excluding girls and women from training shall be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We perceive that illiterate individuals can by no means be free and affluent,” he stated.
The Taliban have barred girls from many public areas and most jobs, all however confining girls to their houses.