The Taliban-installed authorities in Afghanistan on Tuesday banned «until further notice» the admission of women to public and private universities across the country, the Afghan news agency Jaama Press reported.
The Ministry of Higher Education issued a brief statement on Tuesday, also reported by the Tolo television network, in which it urged the suspension of the admission of women to higher educational institutions.
The Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Mohamad Khalid Hanafi, said Tuesday that the reopening of educational institutions, closed since the Taliban came to power, «depends to a large extent on the creation of a decent cultural and religious environment».
The Taliban authorities have faced criticism over the closure of schools and the exclusion of female students from them, amid a raft of discriminatory measures against women that keep them away from their jobs and govern aspects of their daily lives.
Since August, the authorities have prevented female students above the sixth grade from returning to class, something they have authorized for male students. In February, the process of reopening universities after the imposition of gender segregation in classrooms ended.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
