In a video clip, one of the protesters said that some of the girls were detained by the Taliban. \u201cFive female demonstrators were arrested by the Taliban,\u201d a female demonstrator told Harici. Three reporters covering the event were also detained. Two of the girls were later released while the Taliban still took the three others in custody.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaliban started beating the women demonstrators. They also threatened to kill us if we don\u2019t stop the demonstration,\u201d she added, speaking on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaliban closed the schools, everyone remained silent, they closed universities, yet again everyone is silent, and now they\u2019ve come and closed our courses. What are we supposed to do? Kill ourselves?\u201d a group of devastated Afghan girls said in a footage.<\/p>\n
A small group of women also staged a protest in Takhar province after the Taliban stopped them from entering the university campus.<\/p>\n
A video circulating on social media showed that Taliban drenched a young woman in Takhar with water from a fire engine as she was protesting against banning universities. \u201cDeath to Taliban, death to the men of Afghanistan, death to the international community that cannot defend us and our rights,\u201d the footage showed the female student as saying.<\/p>\n
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Guards stopped hundreds of women from entering universities, a day after the nationwide ban on women attending university was announced. Photo: AFP<\/p><\/div>\n
The National Students Movement (NSM) of the National Democratic Movement in Pakistan also protested on Thursday at Agriculture University in Peshawar against the Taliban banning Afghan women from universities.<\/p>\n
Mohsin Dawar, a member of the national assembly of Pakistan said that NSM held a similar protest at Islamia College on Wednesday and NSM will hold a protest in Quetta tomorrow (Friday).<\/p>\n
Taliban breaks silence on university ban<\/strong><\/p>\n In the wake of global outcry against Taliban\u2019s decision to ban women from university, Taliban\u2019s Minister of Higher Education said that that decision was adopted after the students did not follow Taliban\u2019s instructions over the past 16 months.<\/p>\n In an interview with RTA, the Taliban-run TV channel, Neda Mohammad Nadim put four reasons for university closures for girls; \u201cgirl\u2019s hostels, traveling of students without male guardians, non-adherence of hijab and persistent of mixed classes.\u201d Nadim also said that of the 160 subjects taught at universities, many were in contravention of Islam and Afghan dignity.<\/p>\n Since the Taliban seized power last year, have banned teenage girls from secondary school, pushed out many women from government jobs, prevented them from traveling without a male relative and ordered women to cover up outside of the home, ideally with burqa (hijab).<\/p>\n Taliban\u2019s ban on women education against Islam<\/strong><\/p>\n Following the news on prohibition of girls from higher education, the international community, including Islamic nations has slammed the decision by the Taliban and most have called on the group to reverse the ruling.<\/p>\n Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the \u201cTaliban’s decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan has no basis in Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n While terming the ban as a serious source of concern, Cavusoglu said that \u201cthis ban is neither Islamic nor humanistic.\u201d He further went on saying that Islam encourages education, and reiterated Turkey\u2019s support to the women\u2019s and girls\u2019 rights to education.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, the US, and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemned Taliban\u2019s decisions to ban women from universities.<\/p>\n They also lamented the Taliban\u2019s decisions to continue bar girls from secondary schools, and to impose other harsh restrictions on the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Taliban\u2019s oppressive measures against Afghan girls and women have been relentless and systemic. Over the last 16 months, the Taliban have issued no fewer than 16 decrees and edicts that, among other things, constrain women\u2019s mobility, remove women from places of work, require head-to-toe coverings for women, ban women from using public spaces such as parks and gyms and leave widows and women-headed households in dire circumstances by the requirement of male guardianship,\u201d the foreign ministers said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n Taliban urged to respect education for women and girls\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n These top officials of the several foreign countries also said that these policies make clear the Taliban\u2019s disregard for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the people of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n \u201cAfghan women\u2019s ingenuity and dynamism are needed urgently to help relieve profound and staggering economic and humanitarian needs. A stable, economically viable, and peaceful Afghanistan is only attainable and sustainable if all Afghans, including women and girls, can fully, equally, and meaningfully participate in and contribute to the country\u2019s future and development,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n They urged the Taliban to immediately abandon the new oppressive measures with respect to university education for women and girls and to, without delay, reverse the existing decision to prohibit girls\u2019 access to secondary school.<\/p>\n The UK’s Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, condemned the order, and said that \u201cAs a father to daughters, I cannot imagine a world in which they\u2019re denied an education. The women of Afghanistan have so much to offer. Denying them access to university is a grave step backwards. The world is watching. We will judge the Taliban by their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A small group of Afghan women staged defiant protests in the capital Kabul and northern Takhar province on Thursday against a Taliban order banning them from universities. Taliban also arrested some of them in Kabul. In the latest move to further restrict women\u2019s rights to education, Taliban\u2019s minister for higher education on Wednesday ordered all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[562,503,765,764,1012],"class_list":["post-2008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","tag-demonstration","tag-headline","tag-university","tag-women-rights","tag-womens-and-girls-education"],"yoast_head":"\n