Afghanistan’s war of religious narrations

“Whether to educate or not to educate female children” is today’s question in Afghanistan.

Two men compete in Buzkashi (which means dragging goat), a typical game in northern Afghanistan among Turkic-origin ethnic groups. Image source: Pexels.com

While walking the Kabul streets in the first decade of this century, I often saw signs, a billboard, or writing on the wall saying,

“Learning knowledge is obligatory for Muslims (Muslim men)…