Taliban Ban Girls From Studying Beyond Class 3: Report

Women in the country have also been banned from going to parks, gyms, fairs, salons and must cover themselves in public.

In another instance of severe crackdown on women's rights, the Taliban in Afghanistan have banned girls over the age of 10 from attending school in some provinces of the country, as per a report in BBC Persian.

According to sources who spoke to the outlet, the officials from the Taliban-ruled Ministry of Education in the province of Ghazni have informed the heads of schools and short-term training programmes that "girls over 10 years old are not allowed to study in primary schools".

The report also noted that in some regions, the 'Ministry for Preaching and Guidance', previously known as the Women's Affairs Ministry, requested the heads of girls' schools to send home any female students who were studying beyond third grade.