INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan&s (IEA) minister of higher education said the government has come under fire by the international

community, including Muslim countries, for implementing Sharia.This comes after a delegation of religious scholars from Egypt, Sudan, Libya

and Palestine met with the minister in Kabul on Saturday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.These religious scholars shared their

experiences on education with Neda Mohammad Nadim, the higher education minister, on Saturday in his office in Kabul, the ministry said.&Our

goal is to implement Sharia law, but for this we are facing criticism from the West and some Islamic countries,& Nadim said.The minister

said that Islam is currently very poor and called on the scholars to cooperate and share their message with other scholars.&Islam is

currently very poor and has been attacked by infidels

I ask the scholars to share this situation with other scholars,& Nadim added.In the meeting scholars of Islamic countries shared their

experiences of education in their countries with the Higher Education Minister, the ministry said.Experts believe that closing the doors of

schools and universities to females will increase the gap between the government and the people.Meanwhile, on the same day UN deputy envoy

Markus Potzel met IEA&s Higher Education Minister and called for the urgent lifting of the bans on female education and work for aid

agencies.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that Afghanistan has entered a new period of crisis.UNAMA

stressed that the IEA ban on education for women and even stopping them from working for aid agencies will harm all Afghans.The IEA recently

banned girls from attending universities and other higher education institutions

This decision has faced widespread national and international criticism.The post IEA facing criticism for implementing Sharia, says minister

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