Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, stated that his eldest daughter has been deprived of schooling after graduating from the sixth grade and is receiving education online.
Mr. Karzai made these remarks in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, mentioning that his other daughter is currently in the sixth grade and will also remain out of school for several more months.
He emphasized that his youngest daughter is in the third grade and that he will do everything in his power to restore the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
In part of his comments, Karzai added that there is no evidence of opposition from the ordinary forces of the caretaker government regarding girls’ education. After the current government’s takeover of Kabul, some young members of the government have asked him to send their daughters abroad for education.
Karzai noted that Afghan religious leaders have repeatedly called for the reopening of girls’ schools and the lifting of the ban on women’s employment, as this prohibition has weakened Afghan women.
The former president stated that the demand for the right to work and education is a legal right for Afghan women.
Der Spiegel reported that while many women seek help from Hamid Karzai daily to achieve their fundamental rights, his children, like other girls in Afghanistan, are deprived of in-person education beyond the sixth grade.
In this conversation, the former president highlighted that the ban on education, work, and participation for women benefits those who want Afghanistan to remain weak.
Karzai made these statements while the current government has deprived women and girls of education and learning since its takeover of Afghanistan. Moreover, in its latest restriction, it closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, even as the health sector across Afghanistan faces a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current government has resulted in millions of female students being unable to access education and learning.
