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Taliban ban on higher ed for women stokes fears of end to all female schooling

By Susannah George in The Washington Post, Dec 21, 2022 at 5:08 p.m. ESTISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Afghan women fear further draconian restrictions, including on girls’ education, after the Taliban this week banned female students from all universities. While the official statement issued Tuesday by the Ministry of Education only covered universities, some female teachers and girls at primary schools in the Afghan capital, Kabul, reported being turned away from classes Wednesday morning. The decision to…