Etiket: Afghanistan

Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university. Instead, she will watch, achingly, as her brother goes without her.

Taliban security forces used a water cannon to disperse women protesting the ban on university education for women on Saturday, eyewitnesses said.

The Taliban's minister of higher education said the ban issued earlier this week was necessary to prevent the mixing of genders.

The international community has condemned the move by the Taliban to close universities to women in Afghanistan.

The executed man, identified as Tajmir from Herat province, was killed with three shots from an assault rifle by the victim's father.

The cause of the explosion is not yet clear, and police are searching for a culprit

A Taliban official said the Afghan service was taken off air not complying "with journalistic principles and one-sided coverage."

The blast occurred in Aybak, the capital of Samangan province.

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