Afghan women partake in a video protesting against a reported plan to ban women from attending medical training institutes. The footage was shared by Afghan women's protest group: Purple Saturday. An Afghan health ministry source and managers from private medical institutes told AFP earlier this week that the public health ministry had issued a directive from the Taliban supreme leader to suspend women's attendance. The ban would be the latest restriction on women's education since the Taliban swept to power in 2021 and imposed what the United Nations has dubbed "gender apartheid".
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00:00The Taliban have imposed these medical restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan, which is
00:06a serious problem for Afghanistan with a shortage of specialists, medical personnel and women
00:11in the medical field.
00:12Women in different parts of Afghanistan are in dire need of medical care and treatment.
00:16These inhumane and Islamic actions of the Taliban have very negative messages for public
00:21health and well-being and greatly damage the social buildings of Afghanistan.
00:26We ask the people of Afghanistan to at least remain silent about these crimes.
00:32Freedom of justice.
00:34They are in search of justice.
00:36About a week ago, the court of law announced that the Taliban's crimes will be brought
00:41to court.
00:42Now the Taliban have closed the doors of medical institutions for Afghan women for revenge,
00:48which once again shows that the Taliban, with the harassment of women's societies and
00:53the harassment of the people of Afghanistan, want to separate them from the international
00:58community.
00:59But we, women from within Afghanistan, from the international community and the court
01:03of law or the ICC court, want to bring the Taliban to justice.
01:07The sanctions imposed by the government against the Taliban have made the Taliban more
01:12violent.
01:13We thank them.
01:14And as soon as possible, the government of the Taliban and the government of the Taliban
01:17...