In a letter, the Taliban's Ministry of Public Health has instructed public health directorates within provinces to initiate the recruitment process for female 12th grade graduates to government health institutes.

Bakhtar news agency has reported that the recruitment of 12th-grade graduates will commence in 11 provinces.

According to the report, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has sent this letter to the public health directorates of Kapisa, Parwan, Panjshir, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, Paktika, Logar, Khost, Badakhshan, Bamiyan and Paktia provinces.

This comes even though the Taliban has closed girls' schools beyond the sixth grade and prohibited girls from going to universities.

On the other hand, over the last two years, the Taliban’s National Examination Authority did not allow female medical students to participate in the Medical Council Exam.

Medical graduates are unable to open clinics or pursue careers in the medical field without successfully completing this exam.