“It will spread to other parts of the society as well.”
Before the Taliban took over control of Afghanistan again, women were allowed to study alongside men and they didn’t have to abide by a dress code. “We have no problems in ending the mixed-education system,” Abdul Baqi Haqqani, the higher education minister of the new Taliban government, said. “The people are Muslims and they will accept it.” One university student said that this was a sign of what could be expected in the country as a whole.
“It will spread to other parts of the society as well,”Some have expressed concern that the move to segregate universities will essentially end education for women because universities don’t have the resources to run two parallel institutions and there aren’t enough female teachers. “The Taliban are talking about segregation but we are one of the biggest and best equipped universities in Afghanistan, and still don’t have capacity to do that,”.
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