According to a letter from the higher education minister, the Taliban have declared that women would no longer be allowed to attend colleges in Afghanistan.
The minister states that the change is temporary. It is anticipated to go into action right now.
Women's access to formal education is further hampered by this as they are already largely barred from secondary schools.
One student at Kabul University told that she had been sobbing ever since hearing the news.
In Afghanistan, hundreds of women and girls took entrance examinations for universities three months ago.
The areas they could study, however, were strictly restricted, with veterinary ...science, engineering, economics, and agriculture being forbidden.Universities began implementing gender-specific classrooms and entrances after the Taliban took control of the country last year.
Only female professors or elderly males were permitted to instruct female students.
A female university student responded to the most recent prohibition by telling that she believed the Taliban were afraid of women and their influence.
She lamented, "They demolished the sole bridge that could have connected me to my future."
"How do I respond? They killed my hope that I might learn and alter the course of my life or bring light to it."After the Taliban took control, the Afghan education system suffered greatly, and after US-led forces left Afghanistan last year, there was a mass flight of professors with advanced degrees.
Another woman said that it was "extremely difficult" to pursue her studies after the Taliban took power.
She stated: "We engaged in conflict with our dads, society, our brothers, and even the government.
"Just to be able to continue our study, we had to endure a difficult condition.
"I was at least relieved at the moment that I could finish university and fulfill my aspirations. But how can I persuade myself now?"Since the Taliban forbade girls from attending secondary schools, international assistance organizations have partially, and in some cases entirely, withdrew their funding for Afghanistan's education sector. This has had a significant impact on the country's economy.
Many of the remaining teachers go without pay for months.
The most recent actions are probably going to raise further questions among the international community.
The US and other Western nations have made advances to women's education in Afghanistan a prerequisite for the Taliban government's official recognition. Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the UN, denounced the Taliban's most recent activities.
The Taliban must respect the rights of all Afghans before they can be considered a legitimate part of the world community, he added.
"In particular, women's and girls' fundamental rights and freedoms."
The government of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, forbade women from entering parks in November, stating that Islamic law was not being upheld there.
The minister states that the change is temporary. It is anticipated to go into action right now.
Women's access to formal education is further hampered by this as they are already largely barred from secondary schools.
One student at Kabul University told that she had been sobbing ever since hearing the news.
In Afghanistan, hundreds of women and girls took entrance examinations for universities three months ago.
The areas they could study, however, were strictly restricted, with veterinary ...science, engineering, economics, and agriculture being forbidden.Universities began implementing gender-specific classrooms and entrances after the Taliban took control of the country last year.
Only female professors or elderly males were permitted to instruct female students.
A female university student responded to the most recent prohibition by telling that she believed the Taliban were afraid of women and their influence.
She lamented, "They demolished the sole bridge that could have connected me to my future."
"How do I respond? They killed my hope that I might learn and alter the course of my life or bring light to it."After the Taliban took control, the Afghan education system suffered greatly, and after US-led forces left Afghanistan last year, there was a mass flight of professors with advanced degrees.
Another woman said that it was "extremely difficult" to pursue her studies after the Taliban took power.
She stated: "We engaged in conflict with our dads, society, our brothers, and even the government.
"Just to be able to continue our study, we had to endure a difficult condition.
"I was at least relieved at the moment that I could finish university and fulfill my aspirations. But how can I persuade myself now?"Since the Taliban forbade girls from attending secondary schools, international assistance organizations have partially, and in some cases entirely, withdrew their funding for Afghanistan's education sector. This has had a significant impact on the country's economy.
Many of the remaining teachers go without pay for months.
The most recent actions are probably going to raise further questions among the international community.
The US and other Western nations have made advances to women's education in Afghanistan a prerequisite for the Taliban government's official recognition. Robert Wood, the deputy US ambassador to the UN, denounced the Taliban's most recent activities.
The Taliban must respect the rights of all Afghans before they can be considered a legitimate part of the world community, he added.
"In particular, women's and girls' fundamental rights and freedoms."
The government of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, forbade women from entering parks in November, stating that Islamic law was not being upheld there.
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