Afghan schoolgirls are ending sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their training is over

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her final class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11 figuring out it was the tip of her training. Under Taliban rule, she is unlikely to step foot in a classroom once more.

In September 2021, a month after U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from Afghanistan following twenty years of struggle, the Taliban introduced that women have been barred from learning past sixth grade.

They prolonged this training ban to universities in December 2022. The Taliban have defied international condemnation and warnings that the restrictions will make it virtually inconceivable for them to realize recognition because the nation’s authentic rulers.

Last week, U.N. particular envoy Roza Otunbayeva expressed concern {that a} technology of Afghan women is falling behind with every day that passes.

Last week, an official within the Education Ministry stated Afghan women of all ages are allowed to review in spiritual colleges often known as madrassas, which have historically been boys-only. But Otunbayeva stated it was unclear if there was a standardized curriculum that allowed fashionable topics.

Bahara is holding onto her training and pores over textbooks at residence. “Graduating (from sixth grade) means we are going to seventh grade,” she stated. “But all of our classmates cried and we were very disappointed.”

There was no commencement ceremony for the women at Bibi Razia School.

In one other a part of Kabul, 13-year outdated Setayesh Sahibzada wonders what the long run holds for her. She is gloomy she will’t go to highschool anymore to attain her goals.

“I can’t stand on my own two feet,” she stated. “I wanted to be a teacher. But now I can’t study, I can’t go to school.”

Analyst Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that excluding ladies and women from training shall be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We understand that illiterate people can never be free and prosperous,” he stated.

The Taliban have barred ladies from many public areas and most jobs, all however confining ladies to their houses.