The Taliban’s interior minister in Afghanistan has said that the “good news” of opening a girls’ secondary school will come soon.
According to Afghan media, Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani told CNN in an interview that “soon you will hear good news on this issue.”
At the end of March this year, the Taliban closed girls’ high schools and colleges just hours after they opened.
The Taliban took control of Kabul after the withdrawal of US troops in August last year.
The international community, along with Afghan citizens, had expressed outrage at the Supreme Leader Habibullah Akhwanzada’s order to close high schools and colleges unexpectedly after they reopened.
“I would like to clarify something,” Sirajuddin Haqqani told CNN. There is no one among us who is against women’s education.
He said that girls in Afghanistan were going to school for primary education. “Work is under way to establish a mechanism for continuing girls’ education in high schools.”
In his first interview to any TV channel, Sirajuddin Haqqani said that in order for girls to pursue higher education, school uniforms must be in accordance with Afghan culture and “Islamic laws and principles”.
After gaining control of the country, the Taliban had asked women to wear hijabs that cover the head and keep the face open. However, at the beginning of May this year, the Taliban instructed women to wear full burqas.