02 December 2024: In Kabul city, the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health, under the supreme leader’s directive, ordered the closure of all public and private medical institutions for female education, halting enrolment and teaching in midwifery, dentistry, nursing, and laboratory sciences. This comes after more than three years of a ban on girls attending school and university. Sources: Amu Tv, HRW, Scholars at Risk Network. Return to Afghanistan home page.