The Taliban said Afghan girls will be allowed to return to school 'as soon as possible'.
Afghan children walk along a road on the way to their school on the outskirts of Herat."as soon as possible" after their movement faced shock and fury over their effective exclusion of women and girls from public life.
During the weekend, the education ministry issued a diktat ordering male teachers and students back to secondary school -- but made no mention of the country's women educators and girl pupils. Announcing the final line-up on Tuesday, Mujahid made no reference to the now-closed women's affairs ministry. No female ministers were named.
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