Taliban once again bans women from most of workforce, public schools

The Taliban has also banned girls from middle school and high school — and most recently, all universities.

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Rights And Freedoms ,Oming Just Days After The Taliban Banned Female Students From Attending Universities Across Country Afghan Women Have Since Demonstrated In Major Cities Against Bana Rare Sign Of Domestic Protest Seized Power Last Year Decision Has Also Caused International Outrage Ngo Order Came Ina Letter Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif ,Hich Said That Any Organization Found Not Complying With The Order Will Have Their Operating License Revoked In Afghanistan Ministrys Spokesman ,Onfirmed The Letters Content To Associated Press Ministry Said It Had Received Serious Complaints About Female Staff Working For Ngos Not Wearing Correct Headscarf ,R Hijab It Was Not Immediately Clear If The Order Applies To All Women Or Only Afghan Working At Ngos More Details Were Available Amid Concerns Latest Taliban Move Could Bea Stepping Stone Toa Blanket Ban On Leaving Home Sa Heartbreaking Announcement ,Aid Maliha Niazai ,A Master Trainer At An Ngo Teaching Young People About Issues Such As Gender Based Violence Are We Not Human Beings Why They Treating Us With This Cruelty The 25 Year Old ,Ho Works Aty Peer Afghanistan And Lives In Kabul ,Aid Her Job Was Important Because She Serving Country And Is The Only Person Supporting Family Will Officials Support Us After This Announcement If Not ,Hen Why Are They Snatching Meals From Our Mouths She Asked Another Ngo Worker ,A 24 Year Old From Jalalabad Working The Norwegian Refugee Council ,Aid It Was The Worst Moment Of My Life Job Gives Me More Thana Living ,T Isa Representation Of All The Effortsi Ve Made ,She Said ,Eclining To Give Her Name Fearing For Own Safety The United Nations Condemned Ngo Order ,Nd Said It Will Seek To Meet With The Taliban Leadership Get Some Clarity Taking Away Free Of Women Choose Their Own Fate ,Isempowering And Excluding Them Systematically From All Aspects Of Public Political Life Takes The Country Backward ,Eopardizing Efforts For Any Meaningful Peace Or Stability In The Country ,A Un Statement Said In Another Edict ,A Spokesman For The Ministry Of Hajj And Religious Affairs ,Aid Late Saturday That Adult Girls Are Barred From Attending Islamic Classes In Mosques Kabul ,Lthough They Could Still Go To Standalone Madrassas ,R Religious Schools He Gave No Further Details ,Nd Did Not Elaborate On The Ages Affected With Ban Or How It Would Be Enforced Was Also Explained Why Measure Only Applies To Kabul Mosques Earlier Saturday ,Aliban Security Forces Useda Water Cannon To Disperse Women Protesting The Ban On University Education For In Western City Of Herat ,Yewitnesses Said According To The Witnesses ,Bout Two Dozen Women Were Heading To The Herat Provincial Governors House On Saturday Protest Ban Many Chanting Education Is Our Right When They Pushed Back By Security Forces Firing Water Cannon Video Shared With Ap Shows Screaming And Hiding Ina Side Street Escape Then Resume Their ,Ith Chants Of Disgraceful One The Protest Organizers ,Maryam ,Aid Between 100 And 150 Women Took Part In The Protest ,Oving In Small Groups From Different Parts Of The City Towarda Central Meeting Point She Did Not Give Her Last Name For Fear Reprisals There Was Security On Every Street ,Avery Square ,Rmored Vehicles And Armed Men ,He Said When We Started Our Protest ,N Tariqi Park ,He Taliban Took Branches From The Trees And Beat Us But We Continued Our Protest They Increased Their Security Presence Around 11am Brought Out Water Cannona Spokesman For Provincial Governor ,Laimed There Were Only Four Five Protesters They Had No Agenda ,Hey Just Came Here To Makea Film ,Ithout Mentioning The Violence Against Women Or Use Of Water Cannon There Has Been Widespread International Condemnation University Ban ,Ncluding From Muslim Majority Countries Such As Saudi Arabia ,He United Arab Emirates And Qatar ,S Well As Warnings From The United States And Theg 7 Group Of Major Industrial Nations That Policy Will Have Consequences For Taliban An Official In Government ,Inister Of Higher Education Nida Mohammad Nadim ,Poke About The Ban For First Time On Thursday In An Interview With Afghan State Television He Said Was Necessary To Prevent Mixing Of Genders Universities And Because Believes Some Subjects Being Taught Violated Principles Islam Also Added Would Be Place Until Further Notice Despite Initially Promisinga More Moderate Rule Respecting Rights Women Minorities ,He Taliban Have Widely Implemented Their Interpretation Of Islamic Law ,R Sharia ,Ince They Seized Power In August 2021 Have Banned Girls From Middle School And High Now Universities Also Barred Women Most Fields Of Employment Been Ordered To Wear Head Toe Clothing Public Parks Gyms Afghan Society ,Hile Largely Traditional ,Ad Increasingly Embraced The Education Of Girls And Women Over Past Two Decades Ofa Us Backed Government In Southwestern Pakistani City Quetta ,Ozens Of Afghan Refugee Students Protested On Saturday Against The Ban Female Higher Education In Their Homeland And Demanded Immediate Reopening Campuses For Women One Them ,Eada Poem Depicting The Grim Situation For Afghan Girls Seeking An Education She Said Was Unhappy About Graduating Outside Her Country When Hundreds Of Thousands Sisters Were Being Deprived ,