The Taliban in Afghanistan has declined to attend a world summit on Muslim ladies’ training hosted by Pakistan.
Pakistan’s training minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has stated that an invite was despatched to the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan however no one turned up.
“We had prolonged an invite to Afghanistan, however nobody from the Afghan authorities was on the convention,” the nation’s training minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui informed AFP.
The summit has introduced collectively training leaders from Muslim-majority international locations, however has been snubbed by Pakistan’s neighbour Afghanistan — the one nation on the earth the place ladies’ are banned from college.
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In his opening remarks on the summit, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that denying training to women is tantamount to denying their voice and their selection.
“The Muslim world together with Pakistan faces vital challenges in guaranteeing equitable entry to training for women,” Sharif stated. “Denying training to women is tantamount to denying their voice and their selection, whereas depriving them of their proper to a vivid future.”
For the reason that Taliban regained management of Afghanistan in 2021, its authorities has excluded ladies from training past sixth grade. They’ve additionally barred ladies from many roles and most public areas.
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The regime has additionally mandated that girls put on full-body coverings, together with face veils, when in public. They’re additionally prohibited from praying aloud within the presence of one another.
Malala Yousafzai attends convention
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has additionally arrived in Pakistan to attend the worldwide summit on ladies’ training within the Islamic world. She is because of deal with the summit on Sunday.
The training activist was shot by the Pakistan Taliban militants in 2012 when she was a schoolgirl, and has returned to the nation solely a handful of instances since.
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“I’ll discuss defending rights for all ladies to go to highschool, and why leaders should maintain the Taliban accountable for his or her crimes in opposition to Afghan ladies & ladies,” she posted on social media platform X on Friday.
