Taliban: Women Can Study in Gender-Segregated Universities

Taliban: Women Can Study in Gender-Segregated Universities
Students attend a class bifurcated by a curtain separating males and females at a private university to follow the Taliban's ruling, in Kabul on Sept. 7, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
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KABUL, Afghanistan—Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister for the ruling Taliban terrorist group said Sunday.

The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news conference, several days after Afghanistan’s new rulers formed an all-male government. On Saturday, the Taliban had raised their flag over the presidential palace, signaling the start of the work of the new government.