Susanna Fioretti, an Italian aid worker, has said that she established a secret school in Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power, where some daughters of Taliban members also studied.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published on Monday, October 26, Fioretti said she decided to establish a secret school in Afghanistan after women and girls were banned from education.
Fioretti added that two years after the school began operating, she discovered that some of its students were daughters of Taliban members.
She said that during the first two years, no Taliban personnel had visited the school to inspect the premises.
Fioretti emphasized that classes were held in a room equipped with sewing machines so that, in the event of an inspection, the educational activities could be presented as a sewing workshop.
She added that some Taliban members’ families also wanted their daughters to continue their education.
“There are also Afghans who have ties to the government but hold more moderate views and want to secretly change restrictions they consider wrong,” Fioretti said.
She added that secretly educating the girls was dangerous and that, if discovered, both the students and the school organizers could face serious consequences.
Fioretti, who founded the organization Nove Caring Humans, also said the organization had launched programs to support women entrepreneurs through dialogue with the Taliban.
One of these programs provides women with training in baking and accounting so they can earn an income.
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