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handle is hein.crs/govefnw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: aCongressional SResearch Service Education for Afghan Girls Under the Taliban: Status and Issues for Congress April 6, 2022 On March 23, 2022, the Taliban government reversed its previously-announced intention to resume secondary education for Afghan girls. The last-minute policy change has prompted widespread U.S. and international criticism and drawn renewed attention to the status of women and girls in Afghanistan, a longstanding issue of congressional concern. The Taliban decision, together with other recently-imposed restrictions, raises questions about how Taliban policies on women's rights may be evolving, as well as about the group's responsiveness to outside pressure. Many Members of Congress have expressed deep concerns about the fate of Afghan women and girls (a focus of prior U.S. development efforts), and the issue has significant policy implications for Congress and for U.S. approaches to the Taliban's rule. Taliban Policy on Secondary Education for Afghan Girls The August 2021 Taliban takeover sparked fears among many Afghans and others that the group would prohibit education for all Afghan girls, as they had during their repressive 1996-2001 rule. During their two-decade insurgency, the Taliban allowed for some girls' education in areas under their control where local communities advocated for it, but also conducted numerous attacks against girls' schools. Weeks after taking power, the Taliban ordered secondary schools to re-open to boys, arguably introducing a de facto ban on girls' education at that level (primary schools reopened to girls earlier, with strict gender segregation). Taliban officials spoke of reopening girls' secondary schools as soon as possible, giving late March 2022 as the date for their intended return. Meanwhile, secondary education for girls restarted in several provinces, mostly concentrated in northern Afghanistan where non-Pashtun ethnic populations and less restrictive views of women's rights predominate. Leading up to March 23, the Education Ministry announced that schools would be open for all students. On March 23, however, with some girls already present, the Taliban reversed course and announced that schools for girls would remain closed. Many observers voiced shock at the about-face. In some provinces where girls had been going to school, the March 23 reversal appears to have banned their attendance. The Taliban have given multiple and sometimes conflicting reasons for the decision, including shortages of religious uniforms and female teachers. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11908 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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