'No excuse for education ban': Taliban deputy asks leaders to lift restrictions on Afghan women
'No excuse for education ban': Taliban deputy asks leaders to lift restrictions on Afghan women
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South Asia News: Taliban official Sher Abbas Stanikzai calls for reversing restrictions on female education in Afghanistan, arguing it contradicts Islamic law and is a
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A high-ranking Taliban official, Sher Abbas Stanikzai, has urged the group's leader to scrap education restrictions on Afghan women and girls during a speech at a religious school in Khost province on Saturday. As the political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, he stated there was no valid reason to deny education to females.