Kabul:
Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has said the main reason people are distancing themselves from the Taliban is the continued ban on women's education, TOLO News reported. TOLO News is an Afghan news channel broadcasting from Kabul.
The Taliban appointee as deputy foreign minister during a speech at a graduation ceremony emphasized the importance of reopening schools for girls after grade 6 and said a society without knowledge is “dark.”
The ceremony was held by the Taliban Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs to mark the graduation of students who have studied in educational institutions 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 anyone take this right away from them? If anyone violates this right, it is an oppression of the Afghans and the people of this country. country. Try to reopen the doors of educational institutions for everyone. Today our only problem with the neighbors and the world comes from the issue of education. If the nation moves away from us and becomes angry with us, it is because of the education problem.”
Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Noorullah Noori said the youth living in remote areas and without access to education have been enrolled in schools. He also emphasized that there is no distance between religious and modern education.
“The issue of distance is not true. There is no distance. Considering the education provided under the rule of the Islamic Emirate, I can tell you that there has never been such a system,” Noori said, according to TOLO News.
Girl students above the sixth grade have been deprived of their education since the Taliban came to power.
Taliban-appointed acting Education Minister 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 increasing the quality of education.
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