Afghanistan: Committee formed to reopen girls’ schools

KABUL, 28 May 2022, (TON): The Islamic Emirate said it has formed a committee of eight members to facilitate the reopening of girls’ schools.

The committee will be chaired by the Supreme Judge, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, according to Inamullah Samangani, deputy spokesman for the Islamic Emirate.

He said “this committee has eight members. It includes clerics and scholars. The committee has done some work to reopen the girls’ high schools. We hope it can be solved in the near future.”

The female students above grade six have been banned from going to school for more than 250 days. Meanwhile, girls said that they are fed up with the long delay in the reopening of girls’ school.

Hadisa, a student said “these are just excuses they are making, moving the responsibility from one department to another. We want the schools to be reopened.”

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