Fox News' Trey Yingst reports women are now banned from obtaining higher education in Afghanistan months after the Taliban assured him 'all citizens' had the right to be educated.
. Girls have been banned from middle school and high school, women have been restricted from most employment and must wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.Wednesday to reverse its ban on girls receiving a university education. expressed"surprise" and"regret" at the Taliban-led government’s decision.
Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2021
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