The measure fell like a cleaver.
Since Tuesday, December 20, the gates of public and private universities in Afghanistan have been closed to women.
The ban on higher education comes less than three months after thousands of young women took university entrance exams.
International reactions are growing in response to this decision, while most teenage girls across the country have already been banned from secondary education.
Turkey: decision “neither Muslim nor humane”
This measure is a decision "
neither Muslim nor human
", said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday.
"
We reject this ban, we don't believe it is fair.
Let's hope, God willing, that they will renounce this decision
,” the minister declared during a press conference.
“
How does the education of women hurt humanity?
asked Melvut Cavusoglu.
Turkey, whose majority population is Muslim, is the only NATO member country to have kept an open embassy in Kabul since the Taliban came to power in August 2021.
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Convictions from the United States, United Kingdom and France
The United States condemned "
in the strongest terms
" the Taliban's decision, while the United Kingdom castigated a "
serious step backwards
".
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also criticized “
with the greatest firmness
” such a decision, considered “
deeply shocking
”.
"
This decision adds to the list of countless violations and restrictions on the
fundamental rights and freedoms of Afghan
women pronounced by the Taliban
", reacted the spokeswoman for the dock Anne-Claire Legendre during a press briefing.
“
France recalls its constant commitment in favor of a universal right to education and its particular attention to the defense of the rights of girls, adolescents and women
”.
“Crime against humanity” for the G7
For its part, the G7, seized by Berlin, judged that these measures can constitute “
a crime against humanity
”, according to a press release.
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The ministers, who met by video conference, called on the Taliban regime to reverse its decision to ban women from studying at university.
"
Taliban policies aimed at erasing women from public life will have consequences for our countries' relations with the Taliban
," they warn.
Iran: “Obstacles to study”
Iran, which borders Turkey and Afghanistan, also regretted "
learning that Afghan girls and women face obstacles to study in universities
", said the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs foreigners, Nasser Kanani, in a press release.
Tehran hopes Afghan officials "
will quickly pave the way for the resumption of girls' education at all levels
", he added.
Iran has high levels of female education, but the country is currently being heavily criticized by Western countries for its violent crackdown on protests that have rocked the Islamic Republic since September.
Triggered by the death of a young Iranian Kurd arrested by the morality police, they turned into a protest movement against the regime.
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