In Kunduz province, one of the northern provinces where some girls’ high schools remained quietly open last year, officials said they were closed for now.
“This year schools are open for girls up to grade six, we are waiting for further notice about secondary classes,” Mohammad Ismail Abu Ahmed, head of Kunduz’s education department, told Reuters.
In the capital Kabul, school openings appeared limited on Tuesday, which fell on Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which is widely celebrated in Afghanistan and was previously a public holiday.
Taliban officials said last year that they would not recognize Nowruz as a public holiday, although they did not stop people from celebrating privately.
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