Let her learn: In the latest restriction on women’s rights and freedoms, Afghan girls on Thursday demonstrated against the Taliban rule banning women from attending universities in their nation, bringing harsh international criticism.
In the most recent decree restricting women’s rights and freedoms, the Taliban’s higher education ministry issued an indefinite ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan.
An Afghan girl expressed her displeasure with the decision by spray painting “#LetHerLearn” on a wall. The statement makes it clear that the cruel Taliban prohibition on females’ education will face pushback.
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Afghan women sob as the Taliban imposes a ban on universities
When told they would have to leave the institution and return home because the Taliban forbade female university education, some of the girls sobbed and wailed.
Women were seen sobbing and comforting one another in videos that The Associated Press was able to capture outside of a campus in Kabul.
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.
Taliban minister justifies ban on women studying at universities
Nida Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban government’s minister of higher education, defended his choice to forbid women from attending institutions on Thursday.
The restriction, according to Nadim, was required to stop the mingling of the sexes at universities and because some of the courses being taught, in his opinion, were against Islamic values. According to him, the prohibition is in effect until further notice.
India expresses concern about status of women in Afghanistan
The Taliban’s higher education ministry reportedly ordered an indefinite ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs.
“We have noted with concern the reports in this regard. India has always supported the cause of female education in Afghanistan,” according to MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
Bagchi said, “We have been emphasizing the importance of the establishment of an inclusive and representative government that respects the rights of all Afghans and ensures equal rights of women and girls to participate in all aspects of life in Afghan society, including access to higher education.” Bagchi was urging the Afghan Taliban leadership to establish such a government.
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