Afghanistan: Taliban bans female students from university entrance exams
World | Jan 29, 2023, 07:13 AM ISTAfghanistan: Earlier, the extremist group had barred women from both private and public universities.
Afghanistan: Earlier, the extremist group had barred women from both private and public universities.
International Education Day 2023: The 3-decade-old conflict in Afghanistan has made education a dream for girls in the war-torn country. We are celebrating the fifth International Education Day today, but millions of girls in the Heart of Asia are looking for a light in their life.
BBC report reveals that Taliban members have acquired Twitter's coveted Blue Tick verification, sparking outrage among users. Although Twitter has since removed the verification badges and announced a new verification program for organisations, the internet is divided.
Two Taliban members- Hedayatullah Hedayat, the department for "access to information" of the Taliban (1,87,000 followers) and Abdul Haq Hammad, who is the head of the media watchdog at the Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture (1,70,000 followers) purchased the Blue Tick badge for a short span.
Earlier on January 13th, 11 countries had urged the group to remove all restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan and allow them to return to public life.
Afghanistan: The ban, announced last month, forced a widespread shutdown of many aid operations by organisations that said they cannot and would not work without their female staff.
Kabul blasts: The latest incident took place barely three days after at least 10 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in an explosion that occurred at the Kabul military airport, on January 1.
Taliban's statement comes after Pakistan's interior minister Rana Sanaullah hinted at a possible military operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts in Afghanistan.
Days after banning University education for women, the Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.
Restrictions on Afghan women: United Nation's human rights chief Volker Türk warned that the latest decree by the Taliban rulers will have terrible consequences for women and for all Afghan people.
Pakistan: No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. Baluch separatist groups have long waged a low-level insurgency in the region.
Afghanistan: Several NGOs said that they cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan without the women in their workforces.
The bans are the latest restrictive moves by Afghanistan's new rulers against women's rights and freedoms, coming just days after the Taliban banned female students from attending universities across the country.
Several countries, including India, expressed concerns and denounced the Taliban's latest decision to ban university education for women in Afghanistan.
Taliban's brutal step to curtail the freedom of Afghan girls and women has been chastised by several countries including the US, Canada, France, Australia, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
As per Pakistani media, one of the detained militants snatched an AK-47 gun from an interrogator and subsequently freed his other inmates. Later, they took hostage several CTD officials and demanded a free escape to Afghanistan.
The authorities issued an order to all government and private universities in Afghanistan to suspend "education of females" until further notice, reports said.
Pakistan CTD officials hostage: Amid the border tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan, detained militants inside the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) held interrogators hostage on Sunday.
Kabul Hotel Blast: According to news agency AFP, the building was frequently visited by Chinese businessmen in Kabul. Former ToloNews journalist, Addulhaq Omeri posted videos of the attack on his Twitter handle.
Amid the grim situation in war-torn Afghanistan, its former Intelligence Chief believes India is willing to engage with the Taliban to restore normalcy in the debt-ridden country.
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