The seeds of success in every nation on Earth are best planted in women and children” — Joyce Banda First it was barring women from university education, now it is stopping women from working in Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan. The Taliban are fast erasing women from public life, and the world’s worst fears are being realised.

The Taliban’s extremist and radical Islamist ideology continues to worsen the fate of its women. The recent diktat banning women from universities contravenes the tenets of Islam. That is why, Islamic nations should be at the forefront, aggressively condemning this barbaric and chauvinistic bunch of people whose thinking is typical of mediaeval times.