Kabul: Former Afghan President Hameed karzai called for judgment Taliban Appreciated the reopening of girls’ high schools and girl students in the Eastern Province on Sunday lines Residents who said they were publicly opposing the measure.
“The voice of the girls of Paktia is the voice of all of us girls. Afghanistan,” Karzai tweeted. “We ask the executive Islamic government to open the school,” he said. The Taliban made a sudden U-turn in March on their promise to open girls’ high schools. Paktia officials said this week that girls’ high schools had reopened, although the move was not officially approved. But three locals and three Taliban officials said schools were closed on Saturday. One person said the bandh prompted the girls to protest. Video footage showed dozens of girls taking to the streets raising slogans.
“The voice of the girls of Paktia is the voice of all of us girls. Afghanistan,” Karzai tweeted. “We ask the executive Islamic government to open the school,” he said. The Taliban made a sudden U-turn in March on their promise to open girls’ high schools. Paktia officials said this week that girls’ high schools had reopened, although the move was not officially approved. But three locals and three Taliban officials said schools were closed on Saturday. One person said the bandh prompted the girls to protest. Video footage showed dozens of girls taking to the streets raising slogans.