The Taliban administration banned girls' education beyond the sixth grade, and later banned higher education for women
Taliban officials gathered on Saturday in the traditional Afghan the Loya Jirga Assembly Hall to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their return to power, noting that they had brought stability and ended conflict after decades of unrest.
However, a senior United Nations official has warned of a serious human rights crisis in the country where girls over the age of 12 are denied an education.
Photo: AP Photo/Nava JamshidiA group of young women walk past a woman selling plastic water jugs in Kabul
The Taliban took power on August 15, 2021, when US and other NATO troops withdrew after a costly two-decade war. The US withdrawal led to chaos at Kabul airport as crowds of people tried to flee the country in desperation.
Shortly after taking power, the Taliban administration imposed a ban on girls' education beyond the sixth grade and later banned higher education for women, despite promising before taking over that women would be allowed access to education, employment and public participation.
Women are also prohibited from being in public places such as gyms and parks, playing sports and traveling to remote locations without a male guardian.
Photo: AP Photo/Nava JamshidiArmed Taliban policemen in Kabul
A celebration without women
At the Loya Jirga, high-ranking officials were joined by some foreign representatives and thousands of ordinary citizens in speeches marking what they said was the liberation of Afghanistan from American forces.
Photo: AP Photo/Nava JamshidiA boy holds an assault rifle as he sits in a vehicle decorated with Taliban flags during a celebration of the fifth anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power
"We pray to Almighty God to forever protect our homeland from occupation, aggression, wars and insecurity, and to enable our people to enjoy peace, tranquility and prosperity under the auspices of the Sharia government," said the Taliban's deputy government spokesman, Hamdullah Fitrat, during the ceremony.
No women were present.
Photo: AP-Photo/Siddiqullah AlizaiA Taliban security officer checks the identity of a driver at a checkpoint ahead of the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Five years later, the Taliban government remains internationally isolated, with Russia the only country to formally recognize it.
Source: AP
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