Taliban-Vice calls for the cancellation of educational banks for women and girls

Taliban-Vice calls for the cancellation of educational banks for women and girls

A high -ranking member of the Taliban has asked the Group leader to eliminate the bans on education for Afghan women and girls. In a public criticism of government policy, Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the political deputy in the Foreign Ministry, said on Saturday during a speech in the Southeast Tafhan province of Khost that there was no excuse for this.

educational rights for women and girls

Stanikzai said in front of an audience during a ceremony at a religious school that there was no reason to refuse to access education: "As there was no justification in the past, there should be none now." At the moment, women in Afghanistan are excluded from educational access after the sixth grade. In September last year there were reports that the authorities had also stopped medical training and courses for women.

a strong plea for education

In Afghanistan, women and girls may only be treated by female doctors and medical staff. An official confirmation of the ban on medical training is still pending. "We are asking the lead again to open the doors to education," said Stanikzai in a video that was shared on his official account in the platform X. "We commit an injustice towards 20 million people in a population of 40 million by withholding all their rights. This is not in accordance with Islamic law, but is our personal choice or nature."

previous statements and developments

Stanikzai was once the head of the Taliban team in the talks that led to the full deduction of foreign troops from Afghanistan. It is not the first time that he emphasizes that women and girls have the right to education. He made similar statements in September 2022, a year after the schools were closed for girls, and months before a university ban was introduced. However, the latest comments mark his first call to change politics and a direct request to the Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.

international reactions and pressing problems

braheem Bahiss, an analyst of the Crisis Group program for South Asia, noted that Stanikzai had occasionally stated that the formation of girls was a right of all Afghan women. "However, this most recent explanation seems to go on because it publicly calls for a change in politics and questions the legitimacy of the current approach," said Bahiss.

In the Pakistani capital Islamabad, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai called on the Muslim leaders at the beginning of this month, to challenge Taliban in relation to the formation of women and girls. She spoke at a conference organized by the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and the Muslim World Association.

The pressing location in Afghanistan

The United Nations have stated that the Taliban recognition as a legitimate ruler of Afghanistan is almost impossible as long as the bans of education and employment remain for women and that they cannot occur publicly without male guardian. No country officially recognizes the Taliban as a legitimate ruler of Afghanistan, but countries such as Russia have started to establish connections to them. India has also developed its relationships with the Afghan authorities. In Dubai, a meeting between India's top diplomat Vikram Mistri and Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi took place in Dubai.