Aware of the social change since they last ruled Afghanistan, the Taliban have imposed only a fraction of the restrictions on women that existed back then. How long that will last isn’t clear.
KABUL—Women account for some 60% of the 2,400 students enrolled at Kabul’s Ghalib University, one of many private colleges that sprang up in Afghanistan over the past two decades. When it reopened this week under new Taliban rules, with women and men instructed to attend on alternate days, only 21 female students showed up.
“The women students need to recover their motivation, and their courage. Most of them are too afraid to leave their homes,” said Fatima Sediqi, the head of academic affairs at the university’s school of law and political science. “In the past, everyone went through a dark period. Recalling that time is scaring us, absolutely.”
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Taliban: Afghan women can study in gender-segregated universities'We will not allow boys and girls to study together.' Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but in no-men classrooms, says higher education minister in new Taliban government
Read more »
Afghanistan updates: Afghan evacuee flights to US halted after measles casesThe U.S. has temporarily halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from bases overseas after four evacuees tested positive for measles, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing.
Read more »
How the Afghan Women's Soccer Team Escaped the Taliban - The Journal. - WSJ PodcastsAs the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, members of the country's women's soccer team - once symbols of a new Afghanistan - knew they needed to escape. WSJ's Drew Hinshaw tells the story of how the team's former captain, Khalida Popal, hatched a daring plan for their evacuation.\n
Read more »
UN raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalistsThe U.N. is raising the alarm about a Taliban crackdown on peaceful protests, many of them by women demanding equal rights, and journalists. In one case, two Afghan television reporters were beaten with iron rods by Taliban fighters at a police station.
Read more »
A look at the men leading Taliban's 'caretaker' government in AfghanistanThe Taliban sent a clear signal with its new caretaker government that it would rule Afghanistan with a hardcore, conservative bent similar to its time in power in the 1990s, elevating some of the group's longtime leaders to top jobs.
Read more »