Taliban makes decision on women

All public and private universities in Afghanistan shall suspend the education of female students effective immediately and until further notice, the ministry of higher education in Kabul announced on Tuesday.

The instruction was issued on behalf of Habibullah Agha, the education minister appointed in September by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada of the Taliban.

Higher learning institutions had already segregated classrooms by gender and ensured that only women or old men were teaching female students after the Taliban retook power in August 2021. Women were also outright banned from studying agriculture, engineering, economics and veterinary science, according to multiple reports.