The United States and fifteen allies have warned the Taliban administration of Afghanistan of consequences it will face over its decision to ban women from universities.
The Foreign Ministers of the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemned the Taliban's recent decisions to ban women from universities, to continue to bar girls from secondary schools, and to impose other harsh restrictions on the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan to exercise their human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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