Some female teachers have been forced to resign as schools for girls above grade 6 continue to stay shut

As the new academic year looms within the next 10 days, female students are appealing to the Taliban to reopen.

The United Nations is deliberating on whether to extend the mission of its special coordinator for Afghanistan, Feridun Sinirlioglu, whose.

"The Taliban continues to deny women and girls access to secondary school and universities," Blinken said.

Discussions include consultations toward appointing a special envoy for Afghanistan, Guyana's envoy said.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to hold a closed-door meeting on Afghanistan early Monday, with UN Secretary-General.

Sources said the UN chief Antonio Guterres will present a report on this appointment.

Manizha Sediqi, a women’s rights activist, has been in Taliban detention for nearly five months without legal representation, sources familiar.

The Taliban's conditions for participating in the meeting, which included high-level talks exclusively with them as representatives of Afghanistan, were.

Guterres expressed hope that Taliban officials would participate in future meetings of this nature.