Afghanistan protests: Taliban use water cannon on women opposing university ban- PublishedThe Taliban have used a water cannon to disperse a group of women protesting against the ban on female students in Afghanistan attending university.He said a letter had been sent to NGOs imposing a ban "until further notice" and offered the reason that women were not following Sharia law with respect to their wearing of the hijab.The new ban was implemented with immediate effect by Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem on Tuesday, with public and private universities ordered to bar women from attending.The Taliban arrested five women taking part in a protest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, earlier this week.The Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in 2021, two decades after being removed from power by a US-led military coalition."