New Delhi

The latest shocker from Kabul is that the Taliban have ordered the closure of all univesities for women across the country that is being ruled by Shariah, a strict form of Islamic law triggering global concern and condemnation from the leaders. The regime has already closed the doors of school of all teenaged girls.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a press conference emphasized “the need to ensure human rights in Afghanistan, in particular women and girls' rights, the right of women to work, the right of girls to attend school at all levels without discrimination."

“Well, there are several clear things that we believe the Taliban must deliver from the point of view of the interests of the international community and from the point of view of the interests of Afghanistan itself,” he said.

Shabnam Nasimi, Former Policy Special Advisor to Minister for Afghan Resettlement & Minister for Refugee who lives in exile in the UK has posted a letter of the Taliban regime, signed by the minister of higher education, ordering the ban on women’s universities on Twitter

BREAKING: The Taliban have announced the CLOSURE of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the Taliban's higher education minister.

The letter states that all universities will remain closed for women until further notice.

Catastrophic. pic.twitter.com/mGDi3ETTI0

— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 20, 2022

Shabnam Nasim said the Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bars women and girls from getting education. This is a crime against humanity and must not be allowed.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US representative to Afghanistan who was instrumental in initiating and pushing for a dialogue with the Taliban and their return to power in Kabul reached angrily,

In an interview with the TOLO news, he said: "The announcement of the banning of female students from continuing education in universities by a branch of the Taliban is shocking and incomprehensible.

“For this, there is nothing in Islam and the history of Afghanistan that justifies such a decision. Prominent Islamic scholars in Afghanistan and around the world remind us that education for men and women is a fundamental principle in Islam.

“For example, in the 15th century, as we know, boys and girls were educated in the lands that are now part of Afghanistan. I  personally know that most of the Taliban leaders are against this unusual sentence.”

He said, “I ask the Taliban who are against this decision and the Afghan leaders to do their best to reverse this decision and schools and universities are opened.”