Taliban leaders told the girls to wait.
"The explanation we have received from the Taliban is that this is a small delay, as they are working on girls' operational procedures," said Christopher Nyamandi, director of Save the Children, a support group in Afghanistan.
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Getting back to the extreme limits in girls' education is one of the many welfare issues for children under the Taliban that worries Nyamandi, who spoke to Leila Fadel of NPR in Kabul.
"The situation is very dark," said Nyamandi. "It is not uncommon in Afghanistan for children to explode and die in the harshest winters. And if we do not have the resources - especially those families living in camps, living in camps - we will see the seriously injured, including death, what happens."
Why does the Taliban restrict women's education /wather he believes the Taliban will allow girls access to education?
What my party has told me is that it is hard for them to trust what the Taliban have to say because there are so many unfulfilled promises. However, you know - in the last 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of girls in school. So I think it will be very difficult for the Taliban to unlock all that progress.
How Save the Children operated under the Taliban regime
We have now reopened Kandahar, Kabul, Jawzjan - a northern province. We had to go through a process of negotiation where we explained our activities. The Taliban have made it clear to us that they would like to see the division of offices where our female employees have their own office space. And we made those changes. But we insisted that at least our female staff should come to the office - and they should also be allowed to go out in the field. ...
What is Life as a woman in Afghanistan /Taliban women's education?
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So we see it in the provinces where local Taliban officials are changing. But we have also seen in some states where they insist that women will not be allowed to work. And we would not be ready to reopen our offices if our female staff could not work, because just as an organization trying to reach children, we cannot reach children if we do not have female staff to talk to women in the communities. .
Therefore, at the intermediate level we have received guarantees - we are told we would like to see international organizations live, including international workers - we are still concerned that we are still seeing restrictions in some provinces.
Hopefully the relief service arrives before winter
People need help even before the Taliban take power. Then came the violence - and hundreds of thousands of families were displaced, fleeing their homes because of insecurity. And now they have no place of refuge. They live in an open area, under plastic sheets. So children need help.
Due to suspended sponsorship, we do not have access to cash at this time. We cannot withdraw money from the banking system. So it will be difficult to do our jobs.