A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
Afghan taekwondo star Marzieh Hamidi told AFP the death threats she has received, forcing her to live under French police protection, show how effective her stinging criticism of the Taliban has been.
Stanikzai voiced his frustration with the sweeping education bans, condemning the restrictions as both unjust and un-Islamic.
But the latest comments marked his first call for a change in policy and a direct appeal to Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada. Ibraheem Bahiss, an analyst with Crisis Group’s South Asia ...