Taliban policies risk de facto university ban for Afghan women, say officials

The Taliban is said to be considering limiting female higher education to degrees in healthcare and education. Photograph: EPA

The Taliban’s ban on girls studying at high schools will become a de facto ban on university degrees for women if it stays in place, a Taliban spokesperson and university officials have said.

Girls will not have the documents needed to enrol in higher education, or the academic capacity to start university courses after nearly a year out of school.