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Announcement by acting higher education minister comes without details whether female students will be able to return to classes.
Afghanistan’s public universities,
closed since the Taliban seized power in August last year, will reopen in
February, the Taliban acting higher education minister has said, without specifying whether female students would be able
to return.
Universities in warmer provinces will reopen from February 2,
while those in colder areas would reopen on February 26, the
minister, Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani, told a news conference in
Kabul on Sunday.
He did not say what arrangements if any would be made for
female students. In the past, Taliban officials have suggested
that women could be taught in separate classes.
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So far, the Taliban government has reopened high schools for
boys only in most parts of the country. Some private
universities have reopened, but in many cases female students
have not been able to return to class.
Western governments have made education for female students
a part of their demands as the Taliban seek more foreign aid and
the unfreezing of some $10 billion overseas assets.
Taliban took over the country on August 15 as
foreign forces withdrew and the Western-backed government collapsed.
Millions of Afghans have been plunged deeper into poverty since then as the Taliban takeover resulted in disruption to aid programmes and deteriorating food security.
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Source: Reuters
Taliban to reopen public universities in Afghanistan
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