Taliban allow Afghan women to go to university on condition
Afghan military students, including females, attend a graduation ceremony at a military academy in Kabul last March.
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The Taliban's Acting Minister of Higher Education, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said on Sunday that Afghan women will be allowed to continue studying in universities, but without mixing with male students.
The Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August, confirmed that it would govern in a different way from its rule between 1996 and 2001 when girls and women were prevented from studying and working.
"The people of Afghanistan will continue their higher studies in light of the rule of Sharia safely and without mixing between women and men," Abdul Baqi Haqqani said during a meeting of the Senate (Loya Jirga) on Sunday.
He stressed that the Taliban wants "to adopt a logical Islamic approach in line with our Islamic, national and historical values, and also be able to compete with other countries."
Boys and girls will be segregated in primary and secondary schools as well, which is prevalent mainly in Afghanistan.
No women attended Sunday's Kabul meeting, which included senior Taliban officials.
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