When it last ruled from 1996-2001, the group banned girls from school and women from university and work. Teachers and students at universities in Afghanistan's largest cities - Kabul, Kandahar and Herat - told Reuters that female students were being segregated in class, taught separately or restricted to certain parts of the campus. "Putting up curtains is not acceptable," Anjila, a 21-year-old student at Kabul University who returned to find her classroom partitioned, told Reuters by telephone. Even before the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Anjila said female students sat separately from males. But he was worried about how many students would come back, given the economic crisis the Taliban's victory has triggered.

Source: bd News24 September 06, 2021 16:52 UTC