Afghanistan’s health ministry recently held a meeting in Kabul with heads of educational institutions to communicate a directive banning women from studying nursing and midwifery. While no formal announcement has been made, the decision is reportedly based on an edict from the Taliban’s supreme leader, according to multiple institutional sources.

In a major blow to women’s education in Afghanistan, the Taliban has barred female students from attending nursing and midwifery courses, following a directive from their supreme leader. This move affects over 35,

This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical education.

Afghanistan: Health officials held a meeting in Kabul with the heads of educational institutions to communicate the directive banning health courses for women.

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from training to become midwives in the latest crackdown unveiled by. Female trainee midwifery students, who have been ordered to