Taliban-led education ministry bans Afghan girls and women from universities

Taliban-led Afghanistan announced another rule for girls and women in the country, restricting their access to education for many who aspired to be a doctors or engineers.

The Taliban authorities on Tuesday in a letter sent to all public and private colleges announced that the ministry put an indefinite ban on Afghan girls attending educational institutions.

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Signed by Neda Mohammad Nadeem, the letter read, "You all are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending the education of females until further notice."

The announcement was confirmed by the ministry's spokesperson Ziaullah Hashimi to AFP.

The ban comesafter thousands of female students took university entrance exams across the country.

Universities have been compelled to adopt the new regulations following the takeover by the Islamist groupin August last year.

Many such regulations have been imposed on women. These include gender-segregated classrooms and entrances, and women are allowed to attend classes only when taught by female or old male professors.

The majority of female students in the South Asian country have been prohibited from attending secondary schools restricting their access to further education.

(With inputs from agencies)

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