Thread by @hrw

This morning, a nation of girls thought they were heading to school. Upon arrival, they were told to go home.

The Taliban have reneged on promises to let girls in Afghanistan learn. Read what these girls and others have to say about the Taliban’s broken promises 🧵⬇️

“I feel really hopeless for my future. I don’t see a bright future for myself,” a schoolgirl in Kabul told @BBCYaldaHakim. “All we want is to go to school.”

“All we want is to continue with our education. Is it a sin to be girl, is it sin to seek education?"

https://twitter.com/HuriaSamira/status/1506525030808956936

“Rural Afghanistan never had access to education because of lack of resources, not because of anything else. That was made because of the Taliban and their war on schools and burning them down. It’s not cultural.” @BarakPashtana told the BBC.

https://twitter.com/BBCYaldaHakim/status/1506641819572088833

“The Afghanistan that the Taliban are envisioning is the one where girls do not receive their education,” said @Malala. “That is an Afghanistan where we do not have educated women. I don’t think that Afghanistan will see peace and progress that it deserves.”

"Heartbreaking is an understatement. They are devastated,” says @BBCYaldaHakim. “They don’t have the experience of their mothers in the 90s. They thought it might be different this time. They’re telling me that they just are in utter shock. When will this nightmare end for them?”

“It’s hard to think of any explanation except intentional cruelty,” says @heatherbarr1.

"The reversal is cruel, and feels provocative," @heatherbarr1 goes on to write for HRW. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
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