During that time, many girls attended secret underground schools to receive basic education.
Today, the only girls in class at Zarghona High School in Afghanistan are those below grade six who the Taliban have said can return. All photos: Stefanie Glinski for The National
Older girls are waiting on the Taliban as to when, and if, they can resume their studies.
At Kabul’s Zarghona High School, 6,000 of its 8,000 students are girls and therefore missing from classes.
The Taliban said classes would resume for boys who are grade seven and above.
Teachers are increasingly worried the Taliban have reversed their promises to Afghanistan’s women that they could keep studying.
Arezu Atahi has been a teacher for the past 35 years, working in neighbouring Pakistan when the Taliban were previously in power.
When the Taliban were in power from 1996 to 2001, girls and women weren’t allowed to go to school and could barely leave their homes.
During that time, many girls attended secret underground schools to receive basic education.
Today, the only girls in class at Zarghona High School in Afghanistan are those below grade six who the Taliban have said can return. All photos: Stefanie Glinski for The National
Older girls are waiting on the Taliban as to when, and if, they can resume their studies.
At Kabul’s Zarghona High School, 6,000 of its 8,000 students are girls and therefore missing from classes.
The Taliban said classes would resume for boys who are grade seven and above.
Teachers are increasingly worried the Taliban have reversed their promises to Afghanistan’s women that they could keep studying.
Arezu Atahi has been a teacher for the past 35 years, working in neighbouring Pakistan when the Taliban were previously in power.
When the Taliban were in power from 1996 to 2001, girls and women weren’t allowed to go to school and could barely leave their homes.
During that time, many girls attended secret underground schools to receive basic education.