{"id":2139,"date":"2022-12-20T20:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2022-12-20T20:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T20:54:32","slug":"taliban-authorities-order-indefinite-ban-on-university-education-for-afghan-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/20\/taliban-authorities-order-indefinite-ban-on-university-education-for-afghan-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban authorities order indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls, the ministry of higher education said in a letter issued to all government and private universities.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-2230027801\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou all are informed to implement the mentioned order of suspending education of females until further notice,\u201d said the letter signed by Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for the ministry, Ziaullah Hashimi, who tweeted the letter, confirmed the order in a text message to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The ban on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across the country, with many aspiring to choose engineering and medicine as future careers.<\/p>\n<p>After the takeover of the country by 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