Taliban bans female students from universities in Afghanistan
Female students have been banned from universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect, the Taliban has said.public and private universities to suspend access to female students until further notice in accordance with a cabinet decision.
The United States and Britain have both condemned the announcement and is likely to raise concerns within the international community, which has not officially recognised the de facto administration. The US government have said that a change in policies on women's education is needed before it can consider formally recognising the Taliban-run administration, which is also subject to heavy sanctions.drew criticism back in March after making a U-turn on the opening of all middle and high schools to girls.
Confirmation of the university restrictions came the same evening as the UN secretary-general's special representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said the closure of schools had"undermined" the Taliban administration's relationship with the international community. Speaking at a UN Security Council session on Afghanistan, she said:"As long as girls remain excluded from school and the de facto authorities continue to disregard other stated concerns of the international community, we remain at something of an impasse."
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