Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have voiced strong opposition to the Taliban's closure of medical courses for women, calling it a betrayal of women's rights and Afghanistan's future, urging the regime to reconsider its stance.

The European Union has condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women’s access to education after media reports that the Taliban’s leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in

Afghanistan’s health ministry recently held a meeting in Kabul with heads of educational institutions to communicate a directive banning women from studying nursing and midwifery. While no formal announcement has been made, the decision is reportedly based on an edict from the Taliban’s supreme leader, according to multiple institutional sources.