(Reuters) – As weeks go by in Afghanistan, Taliban officials have yet to declare when secondary schools will reopen for girls. This leaves them at home, while their brothers are back to school.

The government has been working to make it easier for girls to return to school two weeks after boys from the sixth grade went back to school.

Marwa from Kabul, who used the Taliban term to describe her government, said, “My request is to the Islamic Emirate that girls be permitted to go to school.” “Female teachers also should be allowed into schools to help girls.

She said, “I had hoped to be a leading doctor in order to help my family, country and people. But, it isn’t clear where my future lies.”

This issue is becoming more important because the rest of the globe, which has been sending aid to Afghanistan, attempts to assess whether or not the Taliban government will allow women and girls more freedoms than it did the last time.

Zabihullah Mojahid, spokesperson for Taliban said at a Sept. 21 news conference that “The Ministry of Education” was working hard to ensure high-school girls are educated as soon as possible.

A statement was posted by the ministry on September 24 on Facebook (NASDAQ.) stating that there had not been a decision on when girls can go to school. But, it said that they were continuing to research this topic and will share any information.

Although still low according to world standards, literacy and education rates among girls have increased sharply following the U.S.-led war against the Taliban.

However, international officials as well as rights activists such U.N. human right chief Michelle Bachelet or Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Itsafzai are warning that the greatest social gains in the last 20 years could be at risk.

The movement is facing a potential catastrophic economic crisis and will need large amounts of international aid. It has attempted to show a conciliatory smile as it seeks international recognition for the government.

Officials have said they would not follow the example of the Taliban’s previous government, which in 2001 banned girls from education and prohibited women from leaving the house without an adult male guardian.

All rights for girls and women will be protected according to Islamic law. They haven’t said when or under which conditions schools for girls will be allowed back to open.

Shaima Samih (57 years old) is a Kabul-based maths teacher. She said that if the Taliban brothers wish for their government to remain stable, and the international community should recognize it as such, “sharia” states Shaima Samih.