IEA says girls’ schools will reopen soon

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), and deputy minister of the IEA&s Ministry of Information and
Culture, said progress has been made at a meeting of religious scholars and girls& schools would reopen soon.Speaking to reporters in Kabul
on Sunday Mujahid said: &Good progress has been made at the meeting of the country&s scholars regarding the reopening of girls& schools and
other major political issues, and girls& schools will be reopened in the near future.&He said that the meeting, attended by tribal leaders
and influential people of the country, is focusing on major political, security and social issues.&The Ulema are consulting on the reopening
of girls& schools, and progress will be made soon,& said Mujahid.Meanwhile, Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Islamic Emirate, said on
Wednesday that a meeting of religious scholars would be held to discuss the issue of girls going to school.The closure of girls& schools
above the sixth grade sparked a major outcry around the world with the international community repeatedly calling for schools to
reopen.Officials at the Ministry of Education of the Islamic Emirate have said that they will reopen girls& schools in the near future
within the framework of Islamic principles.The post IEA says girls& schools will reopen soon first appeared on Ariana News.