At a time when the world is adopting new ways to develop their country and improve daily lives, Taliban-led Afghanistan has resorted to going back in time. While the world is having an eye on the Taliban, their government on Tuesday banned females from higher education, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations. Now, a heartbreaking video is doing rounds on social media which shows Afghan girls crying in pain after the Taliban imposed a ban on female education in Universities.
In the viral Afghan girls crying video, the students can heard crying in agony inside a classroom. What was heartbreaking is almost every girl can be heard wailing over the news of Taliban's ban. A user shared the 23 seconds video with the caption, "Girls crying in agony as they’re told that they will have to leave the university & go home as the Taliban have BANNED female university education in Afghanistan. Painful to hear. How can we sit idly by as millions of girls are denied their human rights."
Girls crying in agony as they’re told that they will have to leave the university & go home as the Taliban have BANNED female university education in Afghanistan.
— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 21, 2022
Painful to hear. How can we sit idly by as millions of girls are denied their human rights.pic.twitter.com/lCANKZ1Kgq
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Education ban in Afghanistan
Taliban-run higher education ministry in Afghanistan made a formal announcement on Tuesday that it is suspending access for women to the universities until further notice, a move that will impact the education of females at the university level. Female students should be banned immediately from universities in accordance with a Cabinet decision, the letter instructed. The announcement came as the United Nations Security Council met in New York on Afghanistan, according to local reports. “You all are informed to immediately implement the mentioned order of suspending the education of females until further notice,” the letter issued to all government and private universities, signed by Taliban's Minister for Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadeem read.
The United States slammed the Taliban as it called the development an “absolutely indefensible position.” “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 freedoms of women and girls.