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Taliban ban books written by women in universities as it overhaul education system

Around 140 books authored by women, including titles like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory”, are among the 680 other texts that have been found to be of “concern” due to “anti-Sharia and Taliban policies”

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has removed books written by women from university library shelves, effectively meaning that they would not be part of the teaching system under the new rules of education.

Around 140 books authored by women, including titles like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory”, are among the 680 other texts that have been found to be of “concern” due to “anti-Sharia and Taliban policies”.

The government has also suspended as many as 18 subjects from the university syllabus as they were deemed “in conflict with the principles of Sharia and the system’s policy”.

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