Hamid Karzai: Taliban restrictions have forced my daughter to study remotely

Elaha Tue Apr 2026 5 months ago 461

Karzai also pointed out that Afghanistan's religious scholars have repeatedly called for the reopening of girls' schools and the lifting of the ban on women's employment, emphasizing that these restrictions have weakened Afghanistan. He added that the right to education and work is part of women's legal rights.


Der Spiegel magazine reported that many women daily seek Hamid Karzai's help to claim their rights; however, his own daughters, like other girls in Afghanistan, are deprived of in-person education beyond the sixth grade. Karzai explained that his eldest daughter, after completing sixth grade, is now receiving remote education; his other daughter is currently in sixth grade and will soon be deprived of education; and his youngest daughter is in third grade and engaged in schooling.


The former president stressed that he will do everything in his power to restore the rights of women and girls. He described the ban on women's work and education as a major enigma and said that Taliban officials had initially announced these restrictions as temporary; but now a long time has passed, and this situation has inflicted irreparable damage on Afghanistan's younger generation.


Without directly referring to the Taliban, Karzai recalled that some individuals in Afghanistan claim that women's education is incompatible with Islam, while clerics around the world have supported women's education and participation. He clarified that the educational and employment restrictions on women benefit those who intend to keep Afghanistan weak.


In another part of the interview, Karzai emphasized the necessity for Islamabad to recognize Afghanistan as an independent country and warned that any effort to weaken the country would only harm Pakistan. He also appreciated China's mediating role in Taliban-Pakistan relations and said that this country, as an economic partner of both sides, is striving to improve relations between them.

Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, stated in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel that there is no evidence of ordinary Taliban forces opposing girls' education. He explained that after the fall of Kabul, some young members of the group had asked him to send their daughters abroad to continue their studies.

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