The Ministry of Higher Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has announced that male and female students will be segregated and attend lectures on alternate days of the week.

Based on the decision, three days a week have been allocated to female students and three days to male students.

According to a circular sent to universities by...

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The United Nations Children&s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the continued closure of secondary and high schools for girls in Afghanistan, saying &education should not be held hostage to politics.&

On Saturday, Paloma Escudero, UNICEF&s Director of Global Support and Communications, visited a girls primary school...

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) Economic Commission, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, on Sunday gave orders for various ministries to prioritize projects to generate electricity by using coal.

In a statement, the commission said after &extensive discussions on all issues that the private sector is...

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday.

He told a news conference in Kyiv that he would discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs to battle Russia&s invasion.

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a UN statement said on Saturday.

Guterres will visit the Turkish capital on Monday, where he will be received by President Tayyip Erdogan,...

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Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected tall fences outside some residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city&s 25 million population to stay at home.

Images of white hazmat-suit-clad workers sealing entrances of housing blocks and closing off entire streets...

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