As part of a new restriction that also forbids teaching about sexual harassment and human rights, the Afghan Taliban administration has taken books authored by women out of the country’s university curriculum.
Some 140 books by women, including titles such as Safety in the Chemical Laboratory were among 680 books discovered to be of “concern” due to “anti-Sharia and Taliban policies”.
The universities were also informed that they could no longer teach 18 subjects, citing a Taliban official as saying they were “in conflict with the principles of Sharia and the system’s policy”.
The decree is the latest in a series of restrictions imposed by the Taliban since retaking power four years ago.
