Girls’ education raised at Taliban’s first national gathering since takeover
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Religious and ethnic leaders from across Afghanistan discussed girls’ education at a gathering organised by the country’s Taliban rulers on Thursday – but without any women taking part. It was the first such meeting since the hardline Islamist group took over Afghanistan last August as Western forces withdrew, a change in power that […]
More than 60 countries say Afghans, others must be allowed to leave Afghanistan
Washington DC, USReuters More than 60 countries issued a joint statement saying Afghans and international citizens who want to leave Afghanistan must be allowed to depart and added that airports and border crossings must remain open, the US State Department said late on Sunday. The US Government and countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, […]