Based on the holy teachings of Islam, the Islamic State of Afghanistan considers education as the pillar of a healthy and prosperous individual and social life. The Islamic State is determined to provide educational opportunities for all Afghans irrespective of gender, race, tribe, language, or regional affiliations. Unfortunately, today conditions for the implementation of a sound, effective, and Islamic educational program for the women of Afghanistan are nonexistent. Over ninety percent of school buildings have been ruined by the war. Qualified teachers have left the country.
School books are full of communist propaganda and indoctrination material.
Because of past abuses of the educational system for the purpose of propagating atheist ideology and ideas, the great majority of Afghan fathers and mothers have lost faith in schools and secular education. Last but not least, In spite of its deep desire to activate the schooling system in the country, the Islamic State of Afghanistan has been facing great difficulties in securing the financial and physical resources needed to provide security for the schools, reconstruct school buildings, print new books, acquire the necessary materials, and pay for qualified and dependable teachers. The limited amount of resources at the disposal of the Islamic State are being used to finance a war that has been imposed on Afghanistan by the brazen and open intervention of countries such as Iran, Russia, Uzbekistan, and India. Intervention by these countries, and the resulting terrorist activities launched against the innocent men and women of Afghanistan by groups affiliated to these countries, have made the task of providing security for schools and public buildings, particularly girl's schools, extremely difficult. I remind you that what has really happened is that women have been banned from working or attending school.