International outcry after the Taliban banned women from universities in Afghanistan

There was a global outcry following the order by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to introduce an indefinite ban on college training for the nation’s ladies.

It additional restricts ladies's entry to formal training, as they have been already excluded from most secondary faculties.

It comes lower than three months after hundreds of women and girls sat college entrance exams throughout the nation, with many aspiring to start careers in engineering and drugs.

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It’s clearly one other damaged promise from the Taliban. We've seen since their takeover and it additionally previously months, only a lessening of the house for girls, not solely in training however entry to public areas, their nonparticipation within the public debate

Stéphane Dujarric

Spokesperson for the Secretary-Common, United Nations

The US and UK have condemned the transfer, which the Taliban defended by saying preserved “nationwide curiosity” and ladies’s “honour”. 

"What it's, it’s clearly one other damaged promise from the Taliban," The United Nations spokesperson for the Secretary-Common Stéphane Dujarric mentioned.

"We've seen since their takeover and it additionally previously months, only a lessening of the house for girls, not solely in training however entry to public areas, their nonparticipation within the public debate."

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The Taliban have completely sentenced Afghan ladies to a darker and extra barren future with out alternative.

Ned Value

US State Division spokesman

US State Division spokesman Ned Value mentioned the Taliban had pressured ladies out of civilisation.

"The Taliban have completely sentenced Afghan ladies to a darker and extra barren future with out alternative," he mentioned. 

"No nation can thrive when half of its inhabitants is arbitrarily held again. Training is an internationally recognised human proper, and it's important to Afghanistan's financial progress and stability."

Girls have already been pushed out of many authorities jobs or are being paid a slashed wage to remain at house.

Final month they have been prohibited from going to parks, funfairs, gyms, and public baths within the capital. 

Main Taliban members and Afghan clerics are against fashionable training, significantly for women and girls.

Nonetheless, the worldwide group has made the proper to training for all ladies a sticking level in negotiations over help and recognition of the Taliban regime.

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