What did the Taliban do to the schools in Pakistan?

Peshawar school massacre, terrorist attack in which seven heavily armed Taliban fighters stormed an army-run primary and secondary school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on December 16, 2014, killing 150 people, of whom at least 134 were students.

Why do Taliban ban education?

25, 2021. Schools in Afghanistan are closed to girls beyond sixth grade. The Taliban have portrayed their leader’s ban on secondary education for Afghan women and girls as based in religious principles, but Muslim scholars and activists say gender-based denial of education has no religious justification.

What did the Taliban do to education?

The Taliban said the schools would stay shut until a plan was drawn up for them to reopen in accordance with Islamic law. The group banned female education and most employment for women when they were last in power from 1996 to 2001.

Do the Taliban believe in education?

Taliban thinking The minister of higher education – part of an all-male government – has stated publicly that Islam is more important than qualifications so for some, education is of no value to boys or girls. Secular education is certainly not viewed as a human right.

How many schools did the Taliban destroy in Pakistan?

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Twelve schools – eight girls and four boys schools – were attacked by bombs and set on fire overnight in a northern Pakistani district where Taliban-linked militants opposed to girls’ education are active, police said on Friday.

Can Afghan girls go to school now?

Taliban reverses decision, barring Afghan girls from attending school beyond 6th grade. Girls enter a school before class in Kabul on Sept. 12, 2021. In a surprise decision, the hardline leadership of Afghanistan’s new rulers has decided against opening educational institutions to girls beyond sixth grade.

Does the Taliban allow women’s education?

If the ban on girls’ high school education becomes permanent, it would eventually exclude women from all sectors of the society under the cover of religion. The Taliban have allowed female teachers, nurses, doctors, and some civil servants to continue working.

When did the Taliban ban female education in Pakistan?

Women were barred from attending school and employment under Taliban rule, from 1996 to 2001, when the regime was toppled by American forces after leaders refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept.

When did the Taliban ban girls from school?

1996 to 2001
The Taliban stopped girls from attending school during its rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, when it was removed by the US-led invasion. It returned to power as US forces withdrew in August last year.

When did the Taliban ban girls education in Pakistan?

What is the Taliban up to in 2022?

After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022.