Time will tell, but for the moment it gives me a slight lift.
From the BBC News Jan 14
Afghan Taliban 'end' opposition to educating girls
The Taliban are ready to drop their ban on schooling girls in Afghanistan, the country's education minister has said.
The Taliban - who are fighting the Kabul government - have made no public comment on the issue.
Afghan women were not allowed to work or get an education under the Taliban regime overthrown in 2001
(.)"I hope, Inshallah (God willing), soon there will be a peaceful negotiation, a meaningful negotiation with our own opposition and that will not compromise at all the basic human rights and basic principles which have been guiding us to provide quality and balanced education to our people," the minister added.
Yes Mr. Wardak, let's see how well the Taliban uphold those principles you seem to hold dear. History, so far has shown otherwise.
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1 comment:
Dude, many of the universities in the Islamic world were founded by women, long before Euro-American women were allowed even to attend university. More the half the students in Iranian universities are women, and that's been true for quite some time. The main crack that's noticeable here is found mainly in your pipe.
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