KABUL: Authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan closed two educational centers in Kabul and Herat accommodating more than 1200 female students.
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Taking to Twitter, Roya Mahboob, the Founder of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team said the Taliban authorities forcibly shut the education centers in Herat and Kabul. More than a thousand female students were taking pieces training in business, Robotics, coding, and Information Communications Technology.
Our 2 educational centers in Kabul & Herat with more than 1200 female students were regrettably shut down by Taliban.These students were taking trainings in business, Robotics,coding & ICT. And Dozens of women were banned from working & thousands of girls’ dreams were buried. pic.twitter.com/AqqlL1WEGQ
— Roya Mahboob (@RoyaMahboob) December 26, 2022
This came following the latest decree by the Ministry of Higher Education of the interim regime banning women’s university education, thus shattering the dreams of thousands of school and university girls.
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The move by Afghan Taliban administration has already drawn worldwide condemnation from western as well as Islamic world, with calls to the ruling regime to revoke their decisions. It also sparked protests in different parts of the country, as female university students and female toot the streets and chanted “education is our right”.
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