Afghanistan universities are ready to readmit female students once again but are awaiting for Taliban's decision on when it can happen or whether it happens or not, Khaama Press reported citing education officials.
As many as three people died and seven others suffered injuries in an explosion at a hotel in Khost province of southeast Afghanistan on Monday, reported Khaama Press.
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the treatment of Afghan women and girls "gender apartheid" and urged the American government and the UK government to impose sanctions on the Taliban, people directly responsible for such policies, TOLO News reported.
Abdul Wodod Mukhtarzada, a member of the commission, said that the booksellers have also complained about high taxes which are difficult to pay as their business has witnessed a decline.
Earlier, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report that since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021, the U.S. has appropriated over $2.35 billion
More than 80 per cent of the female journalists in Afghanistan have been forced to halt their work since the Taliban takeover, Khaama Press reported citing a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
In the report, HRW said that Afghan women have been denied the right to education, employment, and social involvement since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.