The Taliban ordered the closure of middle and high schools for girls in Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 23, hours after they reopened, a Taliban official confirmed.

“Yes it is true”Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani told the agency France-Press (AFP) without further comment, confirming reports that the girls had been asked to return home. No Taliban official was immediately available for comment.

“We have no right to comment.”Ministry of Education spokesman Ahmed Aziz Ryan replied. Bakhtar News Agency, the government news agency, is, as part of it, prompting a resumption “If it’s clothing [des filles] Designed according to Sharia and Afghan customs and culture.

“I saw my students crying”

On Wednesday morning, while the AFP-TV team was filming a lesson in a class at Sargon High School for Girls in the capital, Kabul, a teacher went inside and ordered the students to go home. She was delighted to return to school for the first time since Islamic fundamentalists came to power in August, closed books, packed things and left class with tears in her eyes. The same scene was noticed by other journalists in the country. Like this BBC correspondent.

“I saw my students crying and reluctant to leave class. It hurts to see your students cry. “, AFP Palwasha, a teacher at the Omara Khan Girls’ School in the capital, mourned. UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons called“Annoying” School closure reports. “If that’s right, what’s the reason?”She was surprised on Twitter.

The international community has created a barrier to the right to education for all in discussions to support and recognize the fundamentalist Islamist regime. Many countries and organizations have proposed to pay teachers.

However, the Ministry of Education announced that classes for girls would resume on Wednesday in all provinces except Kandahar (south), the Taliban’s cradle, which is set to reopen next month. “We are not reopening schools to please the international community or gain world recognition.”Spokesman Aziz Ahmed Ryan assured.

Expected return after five months from primary school

“We are doing this as part of our responsibility to provide education and educational facilities for our students.”, He added. The Taliban had promised to keep girls between the ages of 12 and 19 separate from boys and to ensure that schools operate in accordance with Islamic principles.

Before the Taliban’s face, the girls were interviewed by the AFP when schools opened “Happiness” He returned to class and thanked the Taliban. At about 7 a.m. (3:30 a.m. French time), hundreds of students rushed to the entrance of Sargon High School, one of the largest institutions of its kind in the capital.

Wearing black or colored abayas – a large dress that covers the entire body – or long coats, often wrapped around the head with a white scarf and covering the lower part of the face with a sanitary mask, the teenage girls entered the large blue door. School. Schools in other provinces were also open in the morning, for example, before closing their doors in Panchir (northeast), Kunduz (north) or Herat (southwest).

This return of girls to secondary school is followed by boys and girls, but only in primary schools, where they were given the power to resume classes two months after the Taliban captured Kabul in August. During the seven-month rule, the Taliban imposed a number of restrictions on women. They are barred from many government jobs, restricted in dress, and traveling alone outside their cities. Islamists have arrested and detained several women activists who have been protesting for women’s rights.