Girls attending a class after their school briefly reopened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 23rd, 2022, before being quickly shut down again.Credit...Ahmad Sahel Arman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Taliban Bans Public and Private Universities From Educating Women

Updated on:

Dec 20, 2022, 21:40

At approximately 1148 EST, a screenshot of an order from the Taliban Ministry of Education began to circulate online, reportedly showing the intent to ban women's education in undergraduate and graduate level education. The Taliban has already banned secondary school education for young girls in the country since taking over in August of 2021. The order reads below:

Loading content, please wait...