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Women are banned from private and public universities until further notice, a Taliban government spokesman said, the latest edict cracking down on their rights and freedoms.

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

An exemption to allow the United Nations and aid groups to deal with sanctioned Taliban leaders to meet the humanitarian and basic human needs of the Afghan people has helped save lives, the U.N. aid chief told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

Kabul (AFP) - The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females, as the hardline Islamists continue to crush Afghan women’s right to education and freedom.

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.

The Team GB Paralympian has scaled Everest, reached the North Pole and been awarded an MBE since a tragic accident in Afghanistan while serving with the Parachute Regiment

All 33 suspected militant prisoners who took hostages after seizing control of a Pakistan police station were killed in a clearance operation on Tuesday in which two special forces troops also died, the defence minister said.

Muhammad Nasir said he and his wife didn’t know how to get medical help

Bannu (Pakistan) (AFP) - An unknown number of hostages were killed Tuesday when Pakistan special forces stormed a police station seized by suspected Pakistan Taliban militants at the weekend, the defence minister said. 

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants took hostage at least six police and military intelligence officers