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Turkey regrets Taliban move to keep high schools closed to girls

Turkey regrets the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls, the foreign ministry said late on Wednesday, calling on the hardline Islamist group to allow education for all.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2022

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s struggle: it isn’t just the Taliban

Editorial: Girls’ hopes of education have been crushed again. People are fighting for basic rights and freedoms – but also for the means to survive

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

It’s a long wait for the journey back to India for stranded Afghan students

“More than 2,000 Afghan students, who are pursuing various programmes in Indian universities, are stranded in various cities of Afghanistan after the Taliban regime took control of the country”

The Hindu · Mar 23, 2022

Danish Siddiqui: Family of slain journalist takes Taliban to ICC

Lawyer for Siddiqui family says there is sufficient evidence Indian journalist was tortured, murdered in Taliban attack.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2022

Glasgow cabbie in limbo as young family stuck in Pakistan after fleeing Taliban in Afghanistan

Jan Mohammed Ahmadzai says he has received no help from the Home Office to bring them to Glasgow as part of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme for which they are eligible.

Glasgow Live · Mar 23, 2022

Taliban nixes girls higher education despite earlier pledges

In a surprise decision the hardline leadership of Afghanistan’s new rulers has decided against opening educational institutions to girls beyond Grade six, a Taliban official said Wednesday on the first day of Afghanistan’s new school year

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

The Taliban closes Afghan girls’ schools hours after reopening

Backtracking by the Taliban means female students above the sixth grade will not be able to attend school.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2022

Silence replaces old folk tunes in historic quarter of Kabul

The songs are silent in the traditional musicians' quarter of Kabul's Old City, ever since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan six months ago

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Taliban orders girls' high schools to remain closed, leaving students in tears

The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2022