1 / 6Classes in universities in war-torn Afghanistan have resumed with curtains between male and female students.2 / 6Pictures have surfaced on social media where men and women can be seen sitting on two opposite sides of the classroom with curtains between them.3 / 6The Taliban had earlier ordered that women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya robe and niqab covering most of the face and classes must be segregated by sex — or at least divided by a curtain. 4 / 6In recent years burqas and niqabs had largely vanished from the streets of Kabul, but are seen more frequently in smaller cities and towns.5 / 6“Universities are required to recruit female teachers for female students based on their facilities,” the Taliban said, adding that men and women should use separate entrances and exits.6 / 6While women now have to study separately, they must also end their lesson five minutes earlier than men to stop them from mingling outside.