Taliban ban women from Afghan universities
Taliban bans women from universities in Afghanistan. The ban was announced in a letter from the Taliban's minister of higher education. BBC news. The letter states that universities for women in Afghanistan will remain closed until further notice. The decision is expected to take effect immediately.
A student at Kabul University told the BBC that she had been crying since hearing the news.
The move further restricted Afghan women's access to formal education. Girl students have already dropped out of most secondary schools in the country. The Taliban have severely restricted women's rights in Afghanistan Three months ago, thousands of female students across Afghanistan sat for university entrance exams. At that time, women students were heavily restricted in their subjects of study. In particular, subjects such as veterinary science, engineering, economics, and journalism were banned by the Taliban for female students. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last year. After seizing power, the Taliban introduced separate classrooms and entrances for women in Afghan universities. Then female students in the university could only be taught by female teachers or older male teachers. Reacting to the Taliban's latest ban, a university student in the country told the BBC she thinks the Taliban fear women and women's power. The student said, "They (Taliban) have destroyed the bridge (education) that could have connected me to my future."
Ordinary students took to the streets to demand women's education rights in Afghanistan
The angry student said, 'How can I respond? I believed that by studying I could change my future, bring light to my life. But they (Taliban) destroyed it.' Afghanistan's education sector suffered severely after the Taliban took over. After US-led forces left Afghanistan last year, many of the country's trained academics fled the country. Read the full article
