SHARANA (Pajhwok): After Kabul and Balkh provinces, religious scholars and tribal elders in southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday urged the Taliban government to reopen all girls’ schools.
Dozens of religious scholars and tribal elders attended a meeting in Sharana, the provincial capital, to call on the government to reopen schools for girls.
They insisted that girls and boys had equal right to education as per Islamic teachings and the government should pay equal attention to the education of both genders.
Maulvi Shadim Khan, a speaker at the event, said that the holy religion of Islam respected Muslim women in all aspects of life.
He added that religion has clarified everything about women’s dignity, religious and modern education and dignified life and it was the duty and responsibility of the government to implement it. “More needs to be done to strengthen the country’s education system,” he said.
Maulvi Wali Mohammad, another religious scholar, said that although much has been done to uphold the fundamental rights of women, more needs to be done to reduce the violence against women. Religious scholars support the Emirate in this regard.
According to him, women make up half of the society, so it is important to provide them with basic facilities, education and a better life.
He said the Islamic Emirate should allow religious and modern education of girls within the framework of Sharia and the hijab should be fully observed.
The clerics also issued a statement urging the government to allow religious and modern education for girls from the sixth grade onwards.
The decision letter states that all Shariah principles and hijab should be observed while studying.
Another article in the resolution states that a special transport system should be provided to these girls for religious and modern education.
Residents of Paktika welcome the decision and demands of religious scholars and tribal elders and call for more similar meetings.
Nek Mohammad, a resident of Sharan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that people wanted their daughters to be educated like their sons.
“If we want to have an Afghanistan that stands on its own feet, boys and girls must have the same right to education,” he said.
The academic year has started, but the government has postponed the start of girls’ high schools and middle schools until further notice, saying the schools would be reopened once a plan is finalized.
The decision provoked reactions at home and abroad. The United States canceled talks with Afghanistan’s caretaker government in Qatar and the World Bank suspended funding for four projects worth $600 million.
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