In response to United Nations demands that the Taliban ruling militia improve women’s and girls’ access to education in Afghanistan, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said that education for women “is a big infidel policy which gives such obscene freedom to women.”
Currently, the Taliban controls two-thirds of Afghanistan, and has banned women and girls from working, going to school, and leaving their homes without a close male relative. Omar said that more rights for women would result in adultery and the destruction of Islam.
