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Taliban bars women from attending university in Afghanistan

epaselect epa10376715 An Afghan girl watches the speech of Taliban's minister for higher education, Nida Muhammad Nadeem, on a television in Kabul, Afghanistan, 22 December 2022. Nida Muhammad said in a televised interview that barring girls from university was done because of some issues that are against the Sharia laws such as not following gender segregation, at some universities proper Hijab was not being followed and the change in curriculum must be done to excluse subjects which are not fruitful for women to study.The ruling Taliban has banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, according to an order issued on 20 December 2022. After regaining power, the Taliban initially insisted that women?s rights would not be hindered, before barring girls over the age of 12 from attending school earlier this year. EPA/STRINGER

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