News Center- Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, issued an order banning women and girls from receiving medical education at a meeting of the Taliban Ministry of Public Health on Monday. Then, the Taliban Ministry of Public Health summoned directors of private medical training institutions to be instructed about the new order.

Female students of the medical institutions were ordered not to attend classes on Wednesday. 

The European Union on Wednesday condemned the Taliban for banning women and girls in Afghanistan from receiving medical education.

“The European Union expresses its strong concerns over this decision and its far-reaching implication, including the deepening of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the exacerbation of the suffering of its people,” the UN said in a statement.

Since regaining control of Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have banned women from attending private and public universities, girls from attending secondary schools beyond sixth grade and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector.