Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the ruling Taliban on Sunday to re-open girls' high schools and applauded female students in the eastern province of Paktia who residents said have been publicly protesting against the measure.
"The voice of Paktia's female students is the voice of all our girls and of Afghanistan," said Karzai, who remained in Kabul after the Taliban took over just over a year ago, on Twitter.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe ruling Taliban made a sudden U-turn on promises to open girls' highschools in March, leaving some female students who had turned up to class in tears.
But three residents and three Taliban officials, who all declined to be named, told Reuters that schools were shut on Saturday. The residents, one of whom is a teacher, asked to remain anonymous for security reasons and said the closure had prompted some girls to protest. Taliban education officials in Paktia and Kabul did not reply to a request for comment. The group's spokesperson declined to comment.
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