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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

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

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

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Taliban orders that high schools remain closed to girls is a betrayal of commitments, U.S. says

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls is a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and international community.

Reuters

Schoolgirls in tears as Taliban breaks promise last minute to lift medieval education ban

Heartbreaking images show inconsolable Afghan schoolgirls all ready for class in their uniforms cry bitter tears after turning up only be to turned away and told to go straight home

Daily Mirror

U.N. chief warns Afghan girls high school suspension 'deeply damaging'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that Taliban's decision to suspend high school for girls in Afghanistan was "a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan."

Reuters

Girls turned away from school in Afghanistan as Taliban backtracks on education pledge

The last-minute decision follows an earlier statement in the week saying ‘all students’ can come to school for the start of the new term

Evening Standard

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Afghan Girls Head Back to School as Taliban End Ban

Groups of girls headed back to class in the Afghan capital Wednesday after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. All schools were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic when…

Daily Record

Glasgow cabbie stuck in Pakistan after fleeing Kabul forced to leave wife and kids behind

Feeling like they were no closer to being accepted on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme - which they are eligible for - the family are still despairingly stuck in limbo.

Tribune News Service

Afghan children whose families fled Kabul get new start at school

SEATTLE — They lined up at the doors of Southern Heights Elementary in Burien, momentarily subdued as they waited for their first glimpse of American school. Awais, 9, in a sharp black blazer and white shirt, led the way, followed by Fazilat, 10, in sparkly pumps and a bright pink…

The Independent UK

Judge Jackson grilled on Guantanamo detainee representation

Four men once held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were central to some of the questions Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson fielded during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing

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The Hindu

Danish Siddiqui’s parents say International Criminal Court should investigate his killing

Those responsible for incident should be brought to justice, journalist’s parents say in complaint demanding probe

The Independent UK

Pakistani PM urges Islamic nations to mediate in Ukraine war

Pakistan’s prime minister has urged foreign ministers from Muslim-majority nations to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine, appealing also on China’s top diplomat to join the effort

The Independent UK

Family of slain journalist takes Taliban leaders to ICC

The family of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer who was killed in Afghanistan last year has filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court to investigate his killing

Reuters

Parents of Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan start legal action against Taliban

The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, have begun legal action at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Islamist group, a lawyer for the family said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s former finance minister now drives an Uber in Washington, DC

Minister fled country week before Taliban took Kabul

ABC News

Afghan asylum seeker family sue Australian government for taking too long to approve their visas

After a decade in Pakistan, lawyers representing Fatema and her four children say their application has been "unreasonably delayed". If the court finds in their favour, thousands of Afghans could see their cases fast-tracked.

Reuters

Afghans mark Nowruz under Taliban with muted celebrations

Afghans celebrated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on Monday but festivities were muted, taking place under Taliban rule for the first time in decades and as the administration cancelled a public holiday.

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