Editing Taliban (section)

=====Current education policy=====
In September 2021, the government ordered [[primary school]]s to reopen for both sexes and announced plans to reopen [[secondary education|secondary schools]] for male students, without committing to do the same for female students.<ref name="Graham-Harrison 09/17/21">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/17/taliban-ban-girls-from-secondary-education-in-afghanistan |title=Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan |last=Graham-Harrison |first=Emma |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 September 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> While the Taliban stated that female [[college]] students will be able to resume [[Higher education in Afghanistan|higher education]] provided that they are segregated from male students (and professors, when possible),<ref name="Reuters 09/12/21">{{Cite web|date=2021-09-13|title=Taliban say women can study at university but classes must be segregated|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/taliban-say-woman-can-study-university-classes-must-be-segregated-2021-09-12/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted that "if the high schools do not reopen for girls, the commitments to allow university education would become meaningless once the current cohort of students graduated."<ref name="Graham-Harrison 09/17/21"/> [[Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)|Higher Education Minister]] [[Abdul Baqi Haqqani]] said that female university students will be required to observe proper [[hijab]], but did not specify if this required covering the face.<ref name="Reuters 09/12/21"/>

[[Kabul University]] reopened in February 2022, with female students attending in the morning and males in the afternoon. Other than the closure of the music department, few changes to the curriculum were reported.<ref name="AP Reopening">{{cite web|last=Kullab|first=Samya|url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-education-higher-education-kabul-taliban-e57683e739550cb4a14687a96d5191dc?utm|title=Afghan students return to Kabul U, but with restrictions|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=2022-02-26|access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref> Female students were officially required to wear an [[abaya]] and a hijab to attend, although some wore a [[shawl]] instead. Attendance was reportedly low on the first day.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wali|first=Qubad|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/afghan-universities-reopen-few-women-124047855.html|title=Afghan universities reopen, but few women return|work=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=2022-02-26|access-date=2022-02-27|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320234912/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/afghan-universities-reopen-few-women-124047855.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2022, the Taliban abruptly halted plans to allow girls to resume secondary school education even when separated from males.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=Charlotte |title=Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-open-high-schools-girls-next-week-official-says-2022-03-17/ |work=Reuters |date=17 March 2022}}</ref> At the time, ''The Washington Post'' reported that apart from university students, "sixth is now the highest grade girls may attend". The Afghan Ministry of Education cited the lack of an acceptable design for female student uniforms.<ref>{{cite news|last=George|first=Susannah|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/23/taliban-afghan-girls-school-secondary/|title=Taliban reopens Afghan schools – except for girls after sixth grade|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=2022-03-23|access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref>

On December 20, 2022, in violation of their prior promises, the Taliban banned female students from attending higher education institutions with immediate effect.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=Charlotte |last2=Yawar |first2=Mohammad Yunus |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from universities |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-led-afghan-administration-says-female-students-suspended-universities-2022-12-20/ |access-date=December 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from universities amid condemnation |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64045497 |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Popalzai |first1=Ehsan |last2=Kottasová |first2=Ivana |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Taliban suspend university education for women in Afghanistan |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/asia/taliban-bans-women-university-education-intl/index.html |access-date=December 20, 2022}}</ref> The following day, December 21, 2022, the Taliban instituted a ban on all education for all girls and women around the country alongside a ban on female staff in schools, including teaching professions. Teaching was one of the last few remaining professions open to women.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Engel Rasmussen |first=Sune |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Afghanistan's Taliban Ban All Education for Girls |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghanistans-taliban-ban-all-education-for-girls-11671642870 |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>