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Afghanistan girls' education: 'When I see the boys going to school, it hurts'
BBC ^ | 3/27 | Yogita Limaye

Posted on 03/27/2023 10:47:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway

"Every day I wake up with the hope of going back to school. They [the Taliban] keep saying they will open schools. But it's been almost two years now. I don't believe them. It breaks my heart," says 17-year-old Habiba.

She blinks and bites her lip trying hard not to tear up.

Habiba and her former classmates Mahtab and Tamana are among hundreds of thousands of teenage girls who have been barred from attending secondary school in most of Afghanistan by the Taliban - the only country to take such action.

One-and-a-half years since their lives were brought to a halt, their grief is still raw.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; education; taliban; terrorists
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1 posted on 03/27/2023 10:47:32 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Reaction from the NOW Gang....*crickets*


2 posted on 03/27/2023 10:48:22 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I’m sure American feminists will get right on it.


3 posted on 03/27/2023 10:48:31 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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I’m sure American feminists will get right on it.

They should declare they are transitioning to men if they really want the support of Fed.gov

4 posted on 03/27/2023 10:52:24 AM PDT by PGR88
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These girls need to organize a self-taught program among themselves. Keep it very much underground to avoid the problems innate to Muslim cultures. Find someone who can give them some access to the internet if possible.

A motivated self-taught student will learn at a significantly higher rate than a bunch of boys in a class where much of their curriculum is based on the Koran.

5 posted on 03/27/2023 10:54:23 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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"Every day I wake up with the hope of going back to school. They [the Taliban] keep saying they will open schools. But it's been almost two years now. I don't believe them. It breaks my heart," says 17-year-old Habiba.

Work with your sisters and friends to change Afghani society, Habiba. We can't impose social change by force from the outside for you - we tried for a couple of decades, spending billions of dollars and losing thousands of lives. It has to happen from within.
6 posted on 03/27/2023 10:56:58 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: RoosterRedux

I think they can use actual books. The internet is especially bad for girls these days.


7 posted on 03/27/2023 11:02:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Billthedrill

Feminists will try to get them on Onlyfans.


8 posted on 03/27/2023 11:02:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: RoosterRedux

But they are demanding American-style public schools!


9 posted on 03/27/2023 11:02:29 AM PDT by PGR88
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They should declare they are transitioning to men if they really want the support of Fed.gov

And say they are Ukrainians.

10 posted on 03/27/2023 11:02:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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American feminists are ok with it because they hate traditional American values just like the Taliban. Of course, they don’t want to live under the Taliban, but they are okay with THEM being our Taliban.


11 posted on 03/27/2023 11:07:42 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Do you mean American schools with tranny strip shows and gender dysphoria support programs...schools where math and science are racist? ;-)


12 posted on 03/27/2023 11:10:20 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: nickcarraway

Even worse, women who worked at the schools lost their jobs. The article refers to a widow who must beg on the streets now to feed her children.


13 posted on 03/27/2023 11:18:15 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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The article says a woman opened a library for women only, but the Taliban shut it down. But, she said they will “continue to find other means,” so maybe they’ll try an underground library... until the Taliban stops that.

Afghanistan did not restrict women from education until the Taliban terrorists took over the country in the 1990’s.


14 posted on 03/27/2023 11:28:19 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: nickcarraway

Do homeschooling like we do in America ladies. Just login to khan Academy. You’ll be fine. Also, no one cares. We’ve sacrificed enough for your shithole country.


15 posted on 03/27/2023 11:55:02 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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Muslims are a bunch of hypocrites who don't even believe their own (satanic) verses.

I once sat next to an Afghan woman on a flight into Kabul. She found every quran verse that justified education for girls and women. I subsequently visited her impressive school of 600 female students.

I have no idea if she escaped the country, was murdered, or somehow remained.

16 posted on 03/27/2023 12:07:42 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free (o )
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They probably would not want to go to the schools now that they are under Taliban control.


17 posted on 03/27/2023 1:28:28 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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I sympathize. I grew up in an era when many families thought it was a waste of money to send their girls to college. High school was enough.

In spite of my parents and siblings’ open discouragement, I managed to pay for and attend university and earn a doctorate in a STEM field.


18 posted on 03/27/2023 3:35:07 PM PDT by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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I see stuff from the 1800s encouraging girl’s education.


19 posted on 03/27/2023 3:48:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Good for you. Can you say what field it was in? There may be more males in STEM fields, but there are some women who have amazing talent. The first person to win two Nobel Prizes was a woman. (Physics and chemistry, not “Peace”) And her daughter won a Nobel Prize of her own.


20 posted on 03/27/2023 3:50:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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