Principal of Australian-built Afghan girls' school is in hiding, fears 'dark days' ahead

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As millions of female secondary school students in Afghanistan remain in the dark about whether they will be allowed to resume their studies, educator Mahtab Ahmadi fears for the future of education in her country.

As principal of the Malilai Girls’ School in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan, Ms Ahmadi was tasked with running the 23-classroom facility built by the Australian Defence Force's Provincial Reconstruction Team in 2011.

Ms Ahmadi is now in hiding over fears posed by Taliban rule and the school is running at only a fraction of its 700-student capacity.The principal of the Malilai school for girls in Uruzgan is in hiding over fears posed by the Taliban.Amnesty is calling on the international community to fight for women's rights in Afghanistan.

"If they continue doing this, the education system will return to the dark days of when the Taliban were last in power," Ms Ahmadi fears.She says schools across the province have experienced a significant drop in attendance over recent months.

 

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Yes they all can resume studies get an education, why? Its childrens & youth future not ours, odds are most adults end up dying in a couple of decades or less & powerless : )

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