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U.N. envoy to Afghanistan Markus Potzel has been shuttling between senior Taliban officials, appealing to the group to end its recently-announced prohibitions on women attending university and working for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are key partners in U.N. programs to provide humanitarian aid to needy Afghans.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, (UNAMA) met with the Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, UNAMA said, adding that the bans on education and aid agency work for Afghan women need revoking n

Following concerns over the ban on women’s education and working, Neda Mohammad Nadim, the acting minister of higher education, said the Islamic Emirate is not against education in the coun

A top UN envoy met with the Taliban-led Afghan governments higher education minister Saturday to discuss the ban on women attending universities. Markus Potzel is the first international official to meet with him since the ban was introduced last month.

Recent edicts by ultraconservatives based in Kandahar overrode the wishes of some Taliban officials in the capital and in the provinces.

Meanwhile, Norwegian charity says Taliban’s ban on female staff ‘paralyzed’ all aid operations across Afghanistan

Islamabad - Officials from the U.N. and an aid organization were meeting with the Taliban in Afghanistan amid intensified calls for the Islamist rulers

Norwegian Refugee Council head says he hopes for solution soon

A top U.N. envoy met with the Taliban-led Afghan government’s higher education minister Saturday to discuss the ban on women attending universities.

Following the restrictions on barring women from working at NGOs, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council says that the presence of female employees is necessary to help needy families in Afghanistan, and without them, all the activities of this council have stopped. In a meeting with the minister of Repatriation and Refugees (MoRR) on