Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s rights in Taliban-led Afghanistan as “gender apartheid.”

Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to "show true leadership" over their assault on women's rights.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai criticized the Afghan Taliban regime for perpetrating a 'gender apartheid' against women under the guise of culture and religion. Speaking at a conference in Islamabad,

"Simply put, the Taliban in Afghanistan do not see women as human beings," she told an international summit hosted by Pakistan on girls education in Islamic countries. Ms Yousafzai told Muslim leaders there was "nothing Islamic" about the Taliban's policies which include banning female education and stopping women from working.