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The United States "condemns in the strongest terms" the Taliban's "indefensible decision" to ban women in universities, State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
About 30 Afghan women protest in front of Kabul University after authorities expelled students from the dormitories allegedly for breaking rules. "For the crime of studying, for the crime of seeing, they expelled us from the university," protesters chant. IMAGES
Girls are seen entering a school in the Afghan capital Wednesday. This comes 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. IMAGES
Four Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighbouring Pakistan arrive at Roissy airport in Paris, several months after fleeing the Taliban regime that regained power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. IMAGES
Afghan women protest in Kabul, defying a dissent crackdown to voice opposition to foreign nations formally recognising the Taliban government. Ahead of a United Nations-convened international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha next week, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said diplomats could discuss "baby steps" that could put the Taliban government on the path to recognition, albeit with conditions attached. But Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for secretary-general Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday stressed that Mohammed "was not in any way implying that anyone else but member states have the authority for recognition" of Afghanistan's government. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.