Afghan men walk out of classes to support women banned from colleges: Report

Several male teachers and students walked out of classrooms in Afghanistan protesting Taliban's measure of not allowing female students in educational institutions.

Around 60 professors working across universities resigned from their roles following the Taliban order, The Hindustan Times reports quoting Independent.

Several male students in these colleges walked out in solidarity with their female counterparts.

"Such manoeuvres [by the Taliban] hurt me a lot as an associate professor of the university who spent more than 10 years in the higher education sector as a student and lecturer. Resignation from my post was the last option that I had at my disposal," Obaidullah Wardak, a former faculty member at Kabul university said.

"Their soldiers walk around the universities and do not allow people to gather there so that protests and reactions are prevented. They even arrested some of the female women's rights activists for a short time for not protesting," he further said.