Taliban Prohibits Female Students From Leaving Kabul To Study Abroad: Report

The Taliban last week has reportedly prohibited female students registered at institutions in Kazakhstan and Qatar from leaving the country, breaking another commitment they made to the international community. Male students were permitted to leave Afghanistan to continue their education by the Taliban-led administration.

Since seizing power in August of last year, the terrorist group has been administering Afghanistan based on a strict interpretation of Islam. Its actions since assuming control have caused many people to worry that Afghanistan as a country is in disarray.

Taliban Prohibits Female Students From Leaving Kabul

Afghan women are no longer permitted to leave their houses unaccompanied by a man. Women who had previously held official posts have been instructed to nominate men from their homes to fill those positions. Female pupils are not permitted to enroll in schools, colleges, or universities after the sixth grade. The Taliban's top officials have also urged women to wear a full-body veil.

Afghanistan's schools are now required to maintain gender-based segregation by law. Afghanistan has also been the source of reports of child marriage and young teenagers under the age of 18 being wed off to older men. In the pretence of protecting them, the ministry of women extorts women. According to news agency Asian News International, certain Taliban officials have also prohibited women from using smartphones.

The Taliban insurgents attacked women earlier this month to break up a rally. Many women were protesting outside the Kabul education ministry building while yelling "Bread, work, and freedom," when a small number of terrorists arrived and dispersed them by firing live ammunition into the air.

This August, the Taliban marked their first year of rule. As a result of the terrorist organisation, the nation has become a pariah state, and the international community has refused to assist it out of concern that the Taliban would divert aid meant for the population.

Due to the cessation of foreign help, Afghans are now living in poverty and with insufficient access to food. No other country has shown formal or informal solidarity with the Kabul government except China and Pakistan, which has emerged as the Taliban's unofficial spokesman.

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Locals claim that the Taliban forbid women from using smartphones and that the Women's Affairs Ministry frequently demands money in exchange for providing crucial security. It said that about 18 million women in the nation are fighting for the health, education, and social rights. Approximately 80% of women who work in the media have lost their employment, according to the report.