The European Union says the Taliban's latest reported decision represented another appalling violation of fundamental human rights.

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.

Countless Afghan women were seen sobbing as a man read out a Taliban decree banning them from medical care and training in a viral video on social media. The caption highlighted the militant movement’s most recent rule and said these decrees “effectively prohibit women from receiving any type of medical care since there will be no female health workers to treat them.

The Taliban has banned women from training as nurses and midwives in Afghanistan, striking another blow to female health and education.

Women training as midwives and nurses in Afghanistan were reportedly ordered not to return to classes in the morning - effectively closing off their last route to further education in the country. Although the ban is yet to be formally announced.

Afghanistan cricket team captain Rashid Khan expressed his sadness about the closure of educational and medical institutions for women in the country. Khan requested the Taliban to reconsider their decision.