Islamic Countries Condemn Taliban’s Ban on Women’s Education, Says US Secy of State

Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said that the Islamic world has been against the Taliban’s ban on women’s education and condemned it. Blinken added that scholars of the Islamic world have called the ban on women’s education by the Taliban "inhumane”.

The US Secretary of State said that the leaders of the Islamic countries have argued that the Taliban's behaviour is not based on Sharia and Islamic scholars have said that Quran emphasises on education of men and women.

It has been around 600 days since the Taliban banned the education of girls in secondary, and higher schools in Afghanistan. The group has also banned Afghan girls and women from higher education in Afghanistan.

The Taliban has not reversed its decisions about the ban on the education and work of Afghan women despite widespread international condemnation and criticisms.