In the last two months, school-age girls and young women from grades 7 to 12 are still deprived of education in many of the provinces.

These students called on the Islamic Emirate to reopen girls’ schools across the country.

Mariam, who is in the last grade of school, is concerned about not completing her secondary education.

“It has been over two months that we have been deprived of education, and I feel that all the girls who have stopped going to school feel the same way,” Mariam said.

“We urge the Islamic Emirate to reopen the doors of schools based on Islamic regulations so that we can continue our education,” said Mariam  a 12th grade student. “The delay in the opening of girl’s schools is very dangerous for the students."

According to the United Nations Educational Organization, over 4 million students have been deprived of education in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, a number of Kandahar residents urged the Islamic Emirate to rebuild all those schools that have been destroyed in fighting between the former government and the Islamic military forces in the provinces.

Kandahar residents said that dozens of schools have been destroyed in the city and in other districts and thousands of students have been deprived of learning.

The Ghazi Mohammad Akbar Khan school in Arghandab district of Kandahar province is an example of the war's devastation in Kandahar. The school has been destroyed in recent battles between the former government military forces and the Islamic Emirate.

“Anyone who sees this school says 'we ask our leaders to let the children go back to school,' but they said that a large part of the school has been destroyed,” said Barialai, the principal of the school.

Officials at the Kandahar education department said that plans are underway for the reconstruction of schools in Kandahar.