Afghanistan’s acting interior minister and the Taliban’s co-deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani have stated that they will permit girls to go back into high school — a promise that remains unfulfilled. He stated that there would be “good news soon”, adding that women who protested against the regime should stay home.
After gaining whole control of Afghanistan, the Taliban had promised to be more liberal towards the rules on women. However, the group could not stick to their decision to allow girls in school indefinitely.
During an interactive session with women, especially those who are afraid to go out of their homes under Taliban rule, the senior leader stated, “We keep naughty women at home.”
“By naming naughty women, it was a joke directing to those naughty women who are influenced by some other sides to bring the current administration into question,” he stated.
Sirajuddin Haqqani is wanted by the FBI & organised by the United States State Department as a “specially commissioned global terrorist”, with a $10 million bounties on his head.
Moreover, girls are allowed to go to school but only up to grade 6 and above the grade; the work is continuing on a mechanism. You will soon hear very good news about the issue, God willing,” he stated, without specifying a timeframe.
While questioning him about the face cover, he said, “We are not forcing women to wear hijab, but we advise them and preach to them from time to time; the hijab is not compulsory, but it is an Islamic rule that everyone should implement.
Afghan girls who are above Class 6 were planning to resume classes in March for the first time since the Taliban takeover, but they suggested staying at home until they get the appropriate uniform according to Sharia and Afghan customs and culture was designed.
After coming back in power, the Taliban wanted that women wear at least a hijab, a scarf covering the head but can show their face.
But since the beginning of May, they had instead forced them to wear fill clothes with hijab in public, which had been compulsory when they first ran the country between 1996 and 2001.