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Taliban declares women will be banned from Afghan universities
Students attend their class after private universities were reopened in Kabul on September 6, 2021. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP)
Taliban authorities order an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, the ministry of higher education says in a letter issued to all government and private universities.
“You all are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,” says the letter signed by Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem.
The spokesman for the ministry, Ziaullah Hashimi, who tweeted the letter, confirms the order in a text message to AFP.
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