NEW YORK - I am very saddened by the news that was widely reported this morning that the Taliban Minister of Higher Education has banned women from attending universities. This is detrimental for women but also for Afghanistan more widely.
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UN special envoy Roza Otunbayeva visited a project site in Mazar-i-Sharif where UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) distributed wheat seeds, poultry equipment and fertilizers to the most destitute female beneficiaries on 1 December 2022. (UN photo: Tilak Pokharel/UNAMA)