This comes as the United Nations Security Council met in New York on Afghanistan.
on Tuesday, December 20, suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain, and the United Nations.
“The Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans, especially the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls,” U.S. Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood told the council, describing the move as “absolutely indefensible.”
“It is also another step by the Taliban away from a self-reliant and prosperous Afghanistan,” she told the council. “It’s another very troubling move and it’s difficult to imagine how the country can develop, deal with all of the challenges that it has, without active participation of women and the education of women,” he told reporters in New York.
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