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Afghanistan: Afghan universities reopen; small group of women join
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KABUL, 03 February 2022, (TON): Some public universities opened in Afghanistan on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August, with a trickle of women attending classes that officials said would be segregated by sex.
Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the hardline Islamist group stormed back to power, sparking fears women would again be barred from education as happened during the Taliban's first rule, from 1996-2001.
Zarlashta Haqmal, who studies law and political science at Nangarhar University "it's a moment of joy for us that our classes have started.”
"But we are still worried that the Taliban might stop them."
One analyst said the reopening of universities was a "critical marker" on the Taliban's road to international recognition.
Officials said universities in Laghman, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Nimroz, Farah and Helmand provinces opened Wednesday.
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