Afghan women must study in female-only classrooms

The Taliban have announced that women in Afghanistan will only be allowed to study at university in gender-segregated classrooms and Islamic dress will be compulsory, stoking fears that a gender apartheid will be imposed on the country under the new regime.

The international community has been keeping a close watch on how the new, all-male, Taliban regime is treating Afghan women in order to gauge just how much the Taliban’s pledges of moderation are a reality.

The Taliban have promised their new government will be more representative and respectful of the rights of women and girls but it seems nothing has changed with Taliban view of how women should be treated.