March 24, 2022 10:00 am
The Department of Education has announced that secondary schools will remain on lockdown until further notice. A student: ‘They told us our clothes were inappropriate but we wore hijab’
Classes and clothes of girls Official sources report that the girls were not allowed to attend classes because of their dress. “We wore hijabs. We don’t know what kind of clothes they’re talking about,” says Malalai, one of the lockedout students. ToloNews contacted several girls from Kabul who were unable to attend classes. Malika says: “They say that Afghanistan is an Islamic country, they say that we are the Islamic Emirate. Therefore, they must respect the rules of Islam, according to which both men and women have the right to study.
However, the Department of Education has announced that secondary schools for girls will remain closed until further notice, without giving a date for an eventual reopening.
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