Taliban bars women from leaving Kabul for studies despite promising education 'for all'

Taliban again backtracked on its promises and left Afghanistan’s school girls and women in despair as a new report claimed it refused travel of country's females to Kazakhstan and Qatar for ir higher studies. According to sources of Russian news ncy Sputnik, only male students are allowed to leave national capital, Kabul. Furr, it claimed that "all-men" administration barred female students from flying out of Afghanistan for studies.

grim development came nearly six months after Taliban regime had closed doors of schools for girls beyond sixth grade. While Taliban initially had anunced that education in Afghanistan would be "available for all". However, two days later in March this year, it took a U-turn over its own decision and ordered schools to t admit girls beyond sixth grade, despite international condemnation.

Each time Taliban introduced a contentious decree for women, it cited 'Sharia law' behind its decision. Sharia is a religious law forming part of Islamic tradition and is derived from religious precepts of Islam. It is based on interpretations of sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly Quran and Hadith. Remarkably, at time Taliban barred women from education above sixth grade, even Muslim-dominated countries such as United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman condemned group's actions and urged m to immediately alter ir decision.

'Bogus promises' for women 

It is worth mentioning after taking over leadership of country, Taliban made tall claims suggesting that y have changed completely as compared to ir previous iron-clad rule in 1990s.  extremist group had initially promised to allow education and jobs for women. However, instead of fulfilling ir promises, Taliban barred women from educational institutions and working. Ever since horrifying takeover in August last year, women across country have taken to streets to protest against closure of schools and colleges.

Despite all claims, Taliban regime did t appear to take any concrete steps to restore fundamental rights. In May, Taliban passed a controversial decree ordering all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. decree also mentioned that male relatives would face punishment, starting with a summons and escalating up to court hearings and jail time, for women’s dress code violations. According to recently passed law, if a woman violates ruling, male member of her family will be jailed for at least three days.

Im: AP