At the same time as the beginning of the new academic year and the continued exclusion of female students above the sixth grade from education, a number of international organizations and institutions say that education is the right of girls and the Taliban group should cancel the restrictions on education.

At the same time as the beginning of the new academic year in Afghanistan, the Taliban group did not allow girls to study in schools and universities in the third year of education.

Meanwhile, the UN Deputy Mission in Afghanistan, Amnesty International and a number of other international organizations and diplomatic institutions say that the Taliban should allow girls of all ages to go to school.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) asked the Taliban group to end these bans in connection with the non-opening of girls’ schools above the sixth grade for the third year in a row.

UNAMA said: “We call on the actual authorities to end this unjustified and harmful ban.”

In response to the continued non-opening of girls’ schools above the sixth grade in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has said that the Taliban should stop using “cynical excuses” to advance their “discriminatory” program.

This international organization said in a newsletter that the academic year in Afghanistan begins while girls above the sixth grade are still prohibited from studying.

According to this international body, this decision is “unjustifiable and a violation of basic human rights to education.”

Amnesty International has emphasized that the Taliban should allow girls of any age to go to school.

In a message on the occasion of the academic year in Afghanistan, the Deputy Spokesperson of the US Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the education of girls and women in Afghanistan is “vital” for the international recognition of the Taliban.

In this regard, the Taliban started the new academic year in Afghanistan while their officials did not say anything about reopening schools to female students above the sixth grade in the ceremony on this occasion in Kabul.

Habibullah Agha, the Acting Minister of Education of the Taliban, said at the opening ceremony of the 1403 academic year in Kabul that the ministry under his administration is trying to increase the “quality of education in religious and modern sciences”.

But; This member of the Taliban group did not say anything about the reopening of schools for girls above the sixth grade.

Hosnia Gholami (pseudonym), one of the female students, in a conversation with the reporter of Peace Window, says that it has been almost three years that girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan have not been allowed to go to school by the Taliban group.

Mrs. Gholami added that the closure of schools in the country had negative effects on girls and this has caused most of them to suffer from depression.

He said that opening the gates of schools and going to school has now become one of the biggest dreams of female students.

Hawa Gol Hosni (pseudonym), another female student, said that the Taliban’s restrictions against girls and women have increased family violence and widened the scope of poverty among families.

Ms. Hosni emphasized that a number of families have forced their daughters into underage marriages due to poor economic conditions.

He added that he does not want to experience the bitter experience of the past two years and asked this Taliban group to open the gates of schools and universities to girls as soon as possible.

Song (pseudonym) Another student says: “I hope that I can go to school again next year; We got ready, we bought school uniforms, even booklets, pens, and books, and I am in contact with my friends.”

A number of Afghan citizens say that the religion of Islam assumes the acquisition of science and knowledge for both men and women, and depriving a segment of the society from education and work is disobedience to the religion of Islam.

Nowruz Ali, a resident of Kabul city, says that girls and women are half of the society and without their participation, the country will not progress.

Mr. Ali emphasized supporting and encouraging girls and the young generation instead of suppressing and excluding them from the society and said that if the Taliban’s goal is to rule, they should open the gates of educational centers to girls, otherwise the distance between the people and the Taliban government will increase.

Bashir, one of the residents of Bamyan Province, says that the people of Afghanistan have made significant progress in the field of science and knowledge during the past 20 years and they do not want their caravan of knowledge to stop.

Meanwhile, a number of university professors say that keeping the gates of schools and universities closed will cause more problems in the society.

However, schools for girls above the sixth grade were closed from the 24th of Asad in 1400, after the domination of the Taliban group in Afghanistan, and universities were also closed for girls at the end of the month of Arc in 1401, and this caused the strong reactions of the international community and institutions. included international

But; In this regard, the Taliban always said that closing the gates of schools and universities to girls is temporary and will be reopened soon. But three years have passed since these talks and there is still no word about the reopening of schools and universities in Afghanistan.