KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s public universities, closed for the reason that Taliban seized energy in August, will reopen in February, the Taliban appearing increased training minister mentioned on Sunday, with out specifying whether or not feminine college students would be capable of return.
Universities in hotter provinces will reopen from Feb. 2, whereas these in colder areas would reopen on Feb. 26, the minister, Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani, instructed a information convention in Kabul.
He didn’t say what preparations if any could be made for feminine college students. Previously, Taliban officers have urged that girls could possibly be taught in separate lessons.
To date, the Taliban authorities has reopened excessive faculties for boys solely in most components of the nation. Some personal universities have reopened, however in lots of circumstances feminine college students haven’t been in a position to return to class.
Western governments have made training for feminine college students part of their calls for because the Taliban search extra international help and the unfreezing of abroad property.
The hardline group took over the nation on Aug. 15 as international forces withdrew.
(Reporting by Kabul bureau; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield)
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