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KABUL, Afghanistan -- 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. Markus Potzel is the first international official to meet with him since the ban was introduced last month.
The United Nations diplomatic mission in Afghanistan says the war-torn country is entering a new period of crisis. | TAG24
Acting Minister of Higher Education Neda Mohammad Nadim in a meeting with the UN deputy special envoy for Afghanistan, Markus Potzel, said that the Islamic Emirate has not decided on an abs
Last week, the ban on girls’ higher education and women employees of NGOs triggered widespread reactions, with the acting minister of interior saying work is underway on a reasonable and permanent solution.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) minister of higher education said the government has come under fire by the international community, including Muslim countries, for implementing Sharia. This comes after a delegation of religious scholars from Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Palestine met with the minister in Kabul on Saturday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.