• Germany’s minister asked for a “clear response from the international community”.
• Taliban have banned women from working for non-government organisations.

On Sunday, Germany’s foreign minister asked for a “clear response from the international community” because the Taliban, who run Afghanistan, have banned women from working for non-government organisations. This comes after they stopped women from going to college.

“Those who exclude women and young girls from work, from education and from public life not only ruin their country… We will try to get a clear reaction from the international community,” Annalena Baerbock said on Twitter.

“Sexist persecution can constitute a crime against humanity,” she said.

This new rule comes less than a week after hard-line Islamists stopped women from going to college, which caused outrage around the world and protests in some Afghan cities.

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