UAE Says Taliban's Ban On University Education For Afghan … – SaharaReporters.com

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Taliban authorities had ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females.
The United Arab Emirates Government has condemned the Taliban’s decision to ban girls from higher education.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that Taliban authorities had ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females.
This is in line with the Islamists’ hardline approach to Afghan women’s right to education and freedom.
Despite promising a softer rule when they seized power last year, the Taliban have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives, ignoring international outrage, AFP reports.
“You all are informed to immediately implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,” said a letter issued to all government and private universities, signed by the Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem.
The ban on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across the country, with many aspiring to choose teaching and medicine as future careers.
In a circular issued via its verified Twitter, the UAE Mission to the UN described the decision as undermining international community efforts to ensure Taliban rules in the interest of Afghan nationals.
The statement reads: “Assistant Minister for Political Affairs and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, reiterated the UAE’s strong condemnation of the most recent decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women and girls from accessing higher education. The decision is the latest example of the restrictions imposed on Afghan women and girls since August 2021 aimed at their erasure from public life.
“The decision profoundly jeopardizes the international community’s efforts to engage with the Taliban in the interest of the Afghan people.
“The UAE reaffirms that this decision, as well as the earlier bans on girls from accessing secondary education, violate fundamental human rights, contravene the teachings of Islam, and must be swiftly reversed.
“The UAE will remain steadfast in its longstanding support for and commitment to Afghanistan’s sovereignty, stability, security, and prosperity, in cooperation with regional and international partners.”

 
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