December 20, 2022 7:53 p.m
The pressure on women’s rights continues: they have previously been denied access to secondary schools
Nadim, a former governor and military commander and a religious hardliner, was appointed head of the university in October and immediately spoke out staunch opposition to girls’ educationcalled it un-Islamic and against Afghan values.
Despite promises of “openness” announced after returning to power in 2021, the Taliban a restriction of women’s rights: In fact, before that they had already denied them access to secondary schools. Not only that, women were banned from going to parks. Gyms and hammams have also been banned.
After this Return to Taliban power, a number of restrictions were imposed on women, e.g. B. that they are not allowed to go about unaccompanied by a male or appear in public without a headscarf or burqa. “With these additional restrictions, Afghan women are now literally prisoners within their own four walls,” commented a student from Kabul.
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