Despite previously promising more moderate rule and women's and minority rights, the Taliban has widely enforced...
Digital Desk: Women are banned from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said on Tuesday. The decision was announced after a meeting of the Taliban government.
Despite previously promising more moderate rule and women's and minority rights, the Taliban has widely enforced their draconian version of Islamic law or Sharia.
They have banned girls from middle and high school, restricted women from most jobs, and forced them to wear full-body coverings in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.
A letter issued by the Ministry of Higher Education's spokesman, Ziaullah Hashmi, directs private and public universities to impose the ban as soon as possible and to notify the ministry once it is in place.
Hashmi also tweeted the letter from his account and confirmed its contents to The Associated Press in a message.
The university ban comes only weeks after Afghan females graduated from high school, despite the fact that they have been banned from classes since the Taliban took over the country last year.
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