Afghan Women Plans Protest If Girls’ Schools Stay Shut
On Sunday women’s rights activists pledged to launch a wave of protests across Afghanistan if the Taliban failed to reopen girls’ schools within a week.
Thousands of secondary school girls flocked to classes Wednesday after the Taliban reopened schools for the first time since seizing power last August.
But officials ordered the schools shut again just hours into the day, triggering international outrage.
Activist Halima Nasari, representing four women’s rights groups, warned if schools remained closed after one week, they would open them themselves and stage demonstrations nationwide.
The group’s statement said, the Taliban should be building more schools for girls in rural areas rather than shutting existing facilities.
The move comes after several women’s activists were detained in recent months.
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