"It is already the only regime in the world where girls are excluded from secondary education. Now it has gone further, debarring all Afghan women from any contact with schools or education and doubling down on what has been rightly condemned as gender apartheid. This latest wave of repression, which is likely to be classified by United Nations legal authorities as a crime against humanity, marks the victory of the extreme Kandahar clerical faction over Kabul-based government ministers."
"Four-and-a-half years into the Taliban's ascent to power, more children than ever are being denied education. A total of 2.2 million girls have been excluded from secondary education, and up to 2.3 million primary school-age children are no longer attending lessons. In successive edicts since 2021, women have now been banned from universities and most employment, including with the government and NGOs."
The Taliban has issued an edict banning all Afghan women from any contact with schools or education, expanding earlier bans on girls' secondary schooling. A total of 2.2 million girls are excluded from secondary education and up to 2.3 million primary school-age children are no longer attending lessons. Successive edicts since 2021 have banned women from universities and most employment, including government and NGO work, reflecting the dominance of the Kandahar clerical faction and the supreme leader's plan to erase girls and women from public life. Women face face-covering requirements, male accompaniment for long-distance travel, and risk of arrest in public spaces.
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