Taliban government will face Nationwide protests if it fails to reopen girls’ high schools within a week, women’s rights activists in Afghanistan pledged Sunday.
in thousands of High school girls flock to classes on Wednesday after the hard-line regime reopened their institutions for The first time since the seizure power last August.
But the officials ordered the schools shut again just hours per day, leading international anger.
“we call on leaders of The Islamic Emirate opens schools for girls inside it one A week, “Activist Halima Nassari read from a statement issued by four women’s rights groups in a press conference in Kabul.
“If girls’ schools remain closed even after one A week we open to them ourselves and organize demonstrations across the country until our demands met. “
Taliban should He is building more schools for the girls in The statement, which comes after several village areas, instead of closing the facilities of the women’s list, said activists were arrested in recent months.
“The people He could no longer tolerate such persecution. “We do not accept any excuse from the authorities,” he added.
On Saturday, about twenty schoolgirls and women They staged a protest in Kabul demands reopening of schools.
Women, teachers and girls should Come out on in the streets and protesting” student Zargouna Ibrahimi, 16, who Attended the press conference.
“The international community should support us. “
The Ministry of Education has not yet given a clear reason for it’s a policy reverse, but senior Taliban leader Sohail Shahil told AFP that some “practical issues” still needed to be resolved. Before schools reopen.
Separate days in the parks
since storming back to power Taliban rolled back two decades of gains made by Afghanistan women who squeezed out out of many government Jobs, forbidden to travel alone and ordered to dress according to strict interpretation of The Quran.
The Taliban had promised softness version of cruel rule that distinguish them first job assignment in power From 1996 to 2001.
But many restrictions still creep in backoften performed locally as desired of regional officials.
some afghans women Resist at first the restrictions, holding on small Protests where they demanded the right to education and work.
But the Taliban soon round up And the leaders of the gang held them incommunicado, although they denied their arrest.
Since their release, most of them have remained silent.
On Sunday, the Taliban Ministry for “Reproduction of Virtue and prohibition of Vice’ ordered it men And the women should Do not visit the parks in Kabul on same days.
Women are now allowed to visit the parks on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays, while the remaining days are reserved for mensaid the ministry’s notice.
“It is not by the order of the Islamic Emirate, but by the order of God.” men And the women who They are strangers to each other should Do not congregate in one placeMohammed Yahya Arif official In the ministry, AFP.
“this is way women will be able to enjoy their time and freedom. “There will be no one to bother them,” he said, adding that religious police were present already Execute the command.
