Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 21: The Taliban’s higher education ministry recently issued an edict restricting women’s rights and freedoms that forbade them from attending university. This action drew tremendous worldwide criticism.
The release of two Americans held by the Taliban was announced at the same time as the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York.
Since taking over the nation last year, the Taliban have widely imposed their stringent interpretation of Islamic law, despite initially pledging a more moderate government that respected the rights of women and minorities.
They prohibited girls from attending middle and high school, barred them from the majority of jobs, and required them to dress completely in public.
Additionally, women were prohibited from entering parks and gyms and from travelling without a male relative.
According to a letter that was certified by a higher education ministry spokeswoman, a Cabinet resolution required Afghan public and private universities to immediately stop accepting female students.
A few weeks after Afghan girls nationwide took university entrance examinations, higher education is now prohibited. Some women had previously been permitted to complete their university education, but only in courses that were exclusively for men.
Foreign governments, including the United States, have stated that before they will consider legally recognising the Taliban-run government, which is also subject to severe sanctions, they must reform its policy on women’s education.
