CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Taliban have formally announced a ban on coeducation in Afghanistan, saying men would not be allowed to teach girl students in the country. The announcement comes a day after the group allowed Afghan women to study at university but have said that there would be a ban on mixed classes under their rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reaction to the ban The women in Afghanistan are scared that to some degree they are going to see a return of the brutal repression that was seen in the 1990s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Coeducation was introduced at the university level in the late 1970s during which People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), a Soviet-backed party rose to power. PDPA implemented rapid social and economic changes and introduced mass literacy for women and men of all ages.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, they banned most women and girls from attending high school. While they had repeatedly promised the international community that the ban was temporary, in March the group abruptly reneged on a promise to allow most girls back to school.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women.