Neda Mohammad Nadeem says ban was necessary to prevent mixing of genders as rare protests break out
The higher education minister said that the Taliban “asked the world not to interfere in our affairs” as he said discussions over female education were ongoing.“We are engaged with other countries on this right now. There are going to be costs if this is not reversed,” the US secretary of state told a news conference, declining to provide specifics. “We will pursue them with allies and partners.
The Taliban-led administration had already drawn criticism including from foreign governments for not opening girls’ high schools at the start of the school year in March,In a sign of stricter enforcement of restrictions on teenage girls’ education, a letter from the education ministry on Thursday instructed all educational institutions not to allow girls above grade 6 to access their facilities.
In the capital, about 50 mainly female protesters assembled outside Kabul University while holding banners and chanted: “Education is our right, universities should be opened.”
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