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The Taliban have allowed middle and high school girls to continue their studies in many regions of Afghanistan, demonstrating how the Islamist group's stances on critical subjects are impacted.
Women teachers, who were teaching in all-boys-school in Kabul, are facing an uncertain future after a ban was imposed on them from going to work by the Taliban-
Female instructors who were teaching at boy schools are facing an uncertain future after the Ministry of Education decided to ban them from going to work.
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The US military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without notifying the Afghans, the base s new commander said.
General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.
Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.
The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.
General Kohistani said on Monday that Afghan forces were expecting the Taliban to attack Bagram.
Speaking to reporters at the airbase, he said he was already receiving reports the group was making movements in rural areas nearby.