The Taliban have formally announced a ban on coeducation in Afghanistan (Representational).
The Taliban have formally announced a ban on coeducation in Afghanistan, saying men would not be allowed to teach girl students in the country.
"Men will not be allowed to teach girls," said Taliban higher education minister Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani.
The statement comes a day after Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani was appointed the acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan.
Last week, Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s Herat province ordered that girls would no longer be allowed to sit in the same classes as boys in universities.
The Taliban officials reportedly said that there was "no justification or alternative for continuing co-education", according to a report in Khaama News.
In Afghanistan, women who comprise nearly 50% of the total population have been living in dread for the return of the Taliban. »