The Taliban stated that due to the country’s economic crisis and co-education issues, universities in Afghanistan have not yet opened.
According to Khaama Press, Taliban Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani said on Sunday that they will need more time and additional budget to set up separate courses for girls and hire additional lecturers.
Public universities and girls’ high schools in Afghanistan have not yet reopened. On August 15 this year, the Taliban regained Afghanistan. After they besieged the country, the Taliban banned co-education.
The Taliban also ordered that girls no longer be allowed to share classes with boys in universities.
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In addition, the Taliban stated that if women want to travel long distances, they must be accompanied by close relatives of men. In its guidance, the Ministry of Virtue Defense also called on car owners to refuse women who do not wear headscarves to ride in the car. , Causing condemnation from human rights defenders. “If you are not accompanied by a close family member, you should not provide rides for women who travel more than 45 miles (72 kilometers),” the ministry’s spokesperson Sadiq Akif Muhagir told AFP on Sunday. Point out that the escort must be a close male relative.
Prior to this, the ministry asked Afghanistan’s television channels to stop broadcasting TV series and soap operas featuring actresses. It also called on female TV reporters to wear a headscarf during introductions.
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