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The Taliban have already closed schools in four districts of Jawzjan province. This is stated by Director of Education Abdul Rahim Salari on the renowned Pajhwok website.
Jawzjan is located in the far north of Afghanistan and borders, among other places, Faryab province, where Norwegian soldiers served until 2012.
Local authorities have tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with the Taliban through older tribal leaders.
According to UNICEF, 3.7 million Afghan children still lack an education. 60 percent of them are girls. But the majority of the population wants girls to get an education.
Photo: Rahmat Gul / AP
The girls protest
Several of the girls have faced the Taliban.
– Education is in itself a holy war, to which we are committed. We know ourselves through education. Without knowing ourselves and the world around us, we cannot become perfect Muslims, Kainat Haideri tells Pajhwok.
But one of the teachers says he must ask local Taliban commanders for permission to teach at the school.
They cannot even comment on the situation in a total of 65 schools in the two districts that they know of without the permission of the rebel movement.
The teacher chooses to remain anonymous.
Girls in a primary school class in Kabul have fun while their classmates sit. There are many self-confident girls in Afghanistan. But they quickly find traditional values and expectations. This is not primarily due to the Taliban.
Photo: Rahmat Gul / AP
The Taliban deny it
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied in a WhatsApp comment that they had imposed restrictions on girls’ education in Jawzjan province.
There are a total of more than 400 schools in the area, and about 40 percent of them are for girls.
In negotiations with the United States on the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, the Taliban have repeatedly claimed that they support girls’ education.
But what the political leadership says that wants political influence in the negotiations is one thing.
Another thing is what the commanders on the ground say and do.
