The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

On Tuesday, the Taliban announced the women could no longer attend university. One educator in Afghanistan called it "gender apartheid." The highest grade girls will be able to attain now is grade 6.

The Taliban have released two American detainees held in Afghanistan

The latest education suspension further restricts women's access to a formal education, having already excluded all females from secondary schooling - weeks after a ban from public parks and funfairs

The Taliban have banned women from private and public universities in Afghanistan with immediate effect and until further notice, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms

The United States and Britain on Tuesday condemned an announcement by Afghanistan's Taliban administration that it was suspending access to universities for female students.

Afghanistan's Taliban-run Afghan higher education ministry said on Tuesday that female students would not be allowed access to the country's universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance…

The rule change is expected to take effect immediately

Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain and the United Nations.

Heartfelt messages sewn by local women onto handkerchiefs during the Afghanistan war will become part of the Australian War Memorial's national collection.