The ruling Taliban stated in late December that it was prohibiting female students from colleges in Afghanistan, after a U-turn on the opening of all middle and high schools to girls.
The Australian men’s cricket team has withdrawn from matches against Afghanistan due to the Taliban’s limitations on women’s and girls’ liberties.
In March, the teams were scheduled to play three one-day international (ODI) matches in the UAE.
However, Cricket Australia stated in a statement that it was “committed to supporting the growth of the game for women and men worldwide, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage with the Afghanistan Cricket Board in anticipation of improved conditions for women and girls in the country.”
“We appreciate the Australian government’s help on this issue,” the statement continued.
It follows the Taliban’s announcement at the end of December. That it would immediately prohibit female students from attending institutions in Afghanistan.
Australia’s men’s cricket team cancels Afghanistan matches
By a cabinet order, as verified by a representative for the ministry of higher education. A letter instructed Afghan public and private colleges to ban entry to female students until further notice.
The decision provoked considerable outrage from countries across the world amid mounting worries within the international community. Which has not officially recognized the de facto authority.
That followed a U-turn from the Taliban last March on the opening of all middle and high schools to girls.
Roza Otunbayeva, the special representative of the UN secretary-general for Afghanistan. Earlier stated that the shutdown of schools has “undermined” the connection between the Taliban administration and the international community.
At a session of the United Nations Security Council on Afghanistan. She declared, “As long as girls continue to be excluded from school and the de facto authorities continue to disregard other stated concerns of the international community, we remain in a stalemate.
US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood has said: “The Taliban cannot expect to be a genuine part of the international community unless they recognize the rights of all Afghans, including the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls.
Women at War: Afghanistan made touch with the informal networks of women’s resistance groups striving to protect their basic human rights, freedom, and identity more than a year after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan.
