The Taliban has excluded girls from returning to secondary school and replaced Afghanistan's women's ministry with an all-male 'vice and virtue' department. The Islamists excluded girls from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday but ordered boys and male teachers back to the classroom. But the diktat from the education ministry was the latest move from the new government to threaten women's rights. The statement, issued late Friday, made no mention of women teachers or girl pupils. Officials in the new ministry said they had not been informed whether a new women's ministry was being planned.

Source: The Nation September 18, 2021 11:03 UTC