BREAKING: The Taliban has indefinitely banned Afghan girls and women from getting higher education, effective immediately.
The Taliban captured power over 15 months ago and immediately deprived girls of their fundamental rights by banning secondary education for grades six and above. But women were allowed to attend universities in a gender-segregated class. No country in the world currently recognizes the Taliban government.
Fawzia Koofi, a member of Parliament in the republic government, spoke with CBS News and called the decision tragic. Koofi also warned the world to get serious about the Taliban. Koofi also told CBS News,"I think it is time for the world, before another 9/11 happens, to get serious on this issue and impose sanctions on Taliban individuals."
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