{"id":63057,"date":"2025-01-20T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=63057"},"modified":"2025-01-20T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:00:30","slug":"taliban-deputy-foreign-minister-urges-to-lift-ban-on-afghan-girls-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/taliban-deputy-foreign-minister-urges-to-lift-ban-on-afghan-girls-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban deputy foreign minister urges to lift ban on Afghan girls education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KABUL (Reuters): The Taliban\u2019s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls<\/a>, among the strongest public rebukes of a policy that has contributed to the international isolation of its rulers.<\/p>\n

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, who previously led a team of negotiators at the Taliban\u2019s political office in Doha before\u00a0US forces withdrew\u00a0from Afghanistan in 2021, said in a speech at the weekend that\u00a0restrictions on girls and women\u2019s education were not in line with Islamic Sharia law.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe request the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to open the doors of education,\u201d he said, according to local broadcaster\u00a0Tolo<\/em>, referring to the Taliban\u2019s name for its administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the time of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), the doors of knowledge were open to both men and women,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, out of a population of forty million, we are\u00a0committing injustice\u00a0against twenty million people,\u201d he added, referring to the female population of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, Afghanistan\u2019s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, speaks during a graduation ceremony of madrassas, or Islamic schools, in Khost on January 18. \u2014 AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The comments were among the strongest public criticism in recent years by a Taliban official of the school closures, which Taliban sources and diplomats have previously told\u00a0Reuters<\/em> were put in place by the supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada despite some internal disagreement.<\/p>\n

The Taliban have said they respect women\u2019s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan culture.<\/p>\n

They made a sharp U-turn on promises to open high schools for girls in 2022, and have since said they were working on a plan for the schools to re-open but have not given any timeline. They closed universities to female students at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n

The policies have been\u00a0widely criticised internationally, including by Islamic scholars, and Western diplomats have said any path toward formal recognition of the Taliban is blocked until there is a change in their policies towards women.<\/p>\n

A Taliban administration spokesman in the southern city of Kandahar where Haibatullah is based did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Stanekzai\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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