US in touch with allies over Taliban’s suspension of women from universities
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US in touch with allies over Taliban’s suspension of women from universities

The US says that it condemns the Taliban's indefensible decision to prevent Afghan women from receiving a university-level education.

   
Female students enter the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan | Reuters File Photo /Stringer

Female students enter the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan | Reuters File Photo /Stringer

(Reuters) – The United states is in touch with allies over the decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday to suspend access to universities for female students until further notice, the White House said.

The US says that it condemns the Taliban’s indefensible decision to prevent Afghan women from receiving a university-level education. -Reuters

 

(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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