Taliban Threaten Women at Gunpoint After Education Ban Order
- UN, US and rights groups say move will set nation back further
- Official says education for women is a Western tradition
Female students arrive for entrance exams at the Kabul University on October 13.
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Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government barred women from attending universities across the country and enforced the order at gunpoint in some places, disregarding global condemnation and inflicting another blow to half its population’s rights.
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