Afghanistan protests: Taliban use water cannon on women opposing university ban

The Taliban person utilized a h2o cannon to disperse a radical of women protesting against the prohibition connected pistillate students successful Afghanistan attending university.

Videos connected societal media showed the women taking screen successful a lane successful the metropolis of Herat to flight a almighty watercourse of water.

Dozens of women holding a protestation march could beryllium heard shouting slogans including: "Education is our right".

In 1 clip, women could beryllium heard shouting: "The Taliban are cowards."

Earlier this week, the Islamist radical banned pistillate students from higher education, triggering an planetary outcry.

The Taliban said women had not been wearing due Islamic attire astatine assemblage and had been interacting with their antheral counterparts.

The caller prohibition was implemented with contiguous effect by Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem connected Tuesday, with nationalist and backstage universities ordered to barroom women from attending.

Mr Nadeem said pistillate students had been "dressing similar they were going to a wedding".

The Taliban arrested 5 women taking portion successful a protestation successful the Afghan capital, Kabul, earlier this week. Three journalists were besides arrested.

Guards stopped hundreds of women from entering universities connected Wednesday, a time aft the prohibition was announced.

Girls successful Afghanistan person already been excluded from astir secondary schools.

The Taliban retook power of Afghanistan successful 2021, 2 decades aft being removed from powerfulness by a US-led subject coalition.