Female students turn their backs on Afghan universities after Taliban ban

In recent months, several Taliban officials have spoken out in favor of female education, including the deputy foreign minister and a spokesman for the administration. The supreme Taliban spiritual leader, based in the southern city of Kandahar, makes the final decision on major decisions. Diplomatic and Taliban official sources have said that the issue was […]

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends female students from universities

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Afghan Ministry of Higher Education said on Tuesday that female students would not be allowed to enter the country’s universities until further notice. Afghan public and private universities were instructed to immediately suspend access to female students, according to a cabinet decision in a letter confirmed by a spokesman for the Ministry of […]

Pakistan foreign minister meets Afghan Taliban amid border concerns

“Several bilateral issues of common interest including education, health, trade and investment, regional connectivity, people-to-people contact and cooperation in socioeconomic projects were discussed,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement. A statement from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said Muttaki also raised the issue of expediting trade and transit and facilities for travelers between the two countries, […]