The Taliban Closes Schools For Women Again, Gus Yahya: Look At NU Has Many Excellent Women

JAKARTA - Chairman of PBNU KH Yahya Cholil Staquf (Gus Yahya) urged the Afghan government to immediately provide proper rights for women, especially in the field of education. "Today we received news that in Afghanistan, female students are expelled from their schools. sent home and not allowed to go to school for an indefinite time," said Gus Yahya in his statement in Jakarta, Friday, March 25, quoted from Antara. What is certain, said Gus Yahya, forcing girls not to go to school is a decision that is not in favor of women and education. we don't know," he said. But NU, according to Gus Yahya, wants to call on Afghanistan how Nahdlatul Ulama's efforts are in providing equal education for women. said Gus Yahya.

Gus Yahya shows an example, PBNU can now do many things because from the beginning it gave equal rights to women.

"Today we are able to do more things because we have excellent women," he said. Gus Yahya called on Afghanistan to provide the best education for Afghan women. "Please give your daughters the best education you can provide because they all the ones who will determine the picture of your next generation. Please give your daughter the best education you can give, because they will determine the image of your next generation,” he said.

The Taliban on Wednesday retracted their announcement that secondary schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a provision was drawn up under Islamic law for them to reopen.

Teachers and students from three secondary schools around the capital Kabul said the girls had returned to campus happily on Wednesday morning, but were ordered to go home. They said many students left crying.

"We all got really desperate when the principal told us he was crying too," said one student, who was not named for security reasons.