A small group of Afghan women staged a protest in Kubal against a Taliban order banning them from universities.
Truth Live News had reported that, Taliban, In its latest move to restrict women’s rights in Afghanistan, banned women from obtaining university education.
the Taliban’s minister for higher education on Tuesday ordered all public and private universities to bar women from attending university.
The latest development in Afghanistan has attracted a lot of criticism from the students and international Nations.
“They expelled women from universities. Oh, the respected people, support, support. Rights for everyone or no one!” chanted the protesters as they rallied in a Kabul neighborhood.
A protester at the rally told AFP that “some of the girls” had been arrested by women police officers. Two were released, but several remained in custody. .
Women-led protests have become increasingly rare in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the country last August, after the detention of core activists at the start of the year.
Participants risk arrest, violence and social stigma for taking part.
The women had initially planned to gather in front of Kabul University, the country’s biggest and most prestigious educational institution, but changed locations after the authorities deployed a large number of security personnel there.
Tuesday’s late-night announcement triggered international outrage, with the United States, the United Nations and several Muslim nations denouncing it.
A journalism student, Wahida Wahid Durani of Herat University said that, “Afghan girls are a dead people… they are crying blood.
“They are using all their force against us. I’m afraid that soon they will announce that women are not allowed to breathe.”
Since seizing power, the Taliban have imposed many restrictions on women.
Most teenage girls are barred from secondary school, women have been pushed out of many government jobs, prevented from travelling without a male relative and ordered to cover up outside of the home, ideally with a burqa.
They are also not allowed to enter parks or gardens.