Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have voiced strong opposition to the Taliban's closure of medical courses for women, calling it a betrayal of women's rights and Afghanistan's future, urging the regime to reconsider its stance.

The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports that the Taliban’s leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Health officials held a meeting in Kabul with the heads of educational institutions to communicate the directive banning health courses for women.