Taliban: hope to reopen girls` school by coming new year

Zabiullah Mujahid, the deputy minister of information and culture and spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said that the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education are working hard to reopen higher schools and public universities in two months.

The spokesman said that higher schools in most of the provinces have been reopened and in some provinces, they are still closed due to economic issues.

He reiterated that girls and boys will be separated in classrooms and they are working to build more hostels for girls around Afghanistan.

It has been nearly six months that 150 public universities have been closed across Afghanistan while in 40 private universities boys and girls study.

Girls are only allowed to attend classed up to sixth grade in public schools.