Did Afghanistan ban women from schools permanently?

Analysis Reasoning

Afghanistan remains the only country globally banning girls from secondary education and women from universities since the Taliban's 2021 takeover, with 2.2 million girls still excluded beyond primary school as of 2025. No recent announcement of a 'permanent' ban by the education minister was found, but the existing bans are ongoing and effectively permanent.

Cited Sources

• 01
  UNESCO

  https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/afghanistan-four-years-22-million-girls-still-banned-school

• 02
  UN News

  https://news.un.org/en/interview/2025/09/1165865