Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 23 Mar 2022, 06:00 am Print
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Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan decided to shut down the school for girls in the country, on a day the institutes were scheduled to reopen, creating confusion, media reports said.
The Taliban government said a decision is still to be made on the uniforms they must wear.
"We inform all girls' high schools and those schools that [have] female students above class six that they are off until the next order," the notice said as quoted by BBC.
A girl in Kabul cried while talking about being prevented from entering the classroom. She urged the Islamic Emirate to reopen all girls’ schools across the country.#TOLOnews pic.twitter.com/MPcmOLxjUw
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Afghanistan was set to reopen schools from Wednesday after months of remaining shut since the Taliban came to power in the war-hit country on Aug 15.
Some girls were in tears as parents and students reacted with anger and disappointment to the last-minute move, BBC reported.
A man who did not want to be identified told the BBC his daughter had been in shock and in tears since being refused entry by Taliban officials into the school this morning.
"If anything happens to my daughter, I will not forgive the Taliban," he said.
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