Malo o Talibanima: 12. Why are the Taliban oppressing women by shutting down all girls\' schools, denying healthcare to women and forcing women to stay at home? This is one of the biggest lies circulating about the Taliban. Please read our section on Taliban and Women and the reports by the American journalists and the Canadian physician about this. At the time Taliban came to power, most of the educated elite of Afghanistan were, and still are, Communists. This includes the female teachers. For this reason, the Taliban shut down those schools (for both boys and girls) which were teaching a secular, Communist-based education, by Communist teachers. There is not much point trying to build an Islamic society and a country based on Shariah if the teachers are teaching the young boys and girls, secular, Communist values, such as feminist concepts, sexual freedom and atheism. There are many girls\' schools functioning in Afghanistan which are run by practising Muslim teachers