Universities ready to readmit female students but decision rests with Akhundzada, says Taliban official

An official of the Taliban Ministry of Higher Education has said that the country’s universities are ready to re-admit female students, but the decision on when to reopen the universities rests with the group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Mawlawi Abdul Jabbar, the advisor to the Taliban Ministry of Higher Education, told the Associated Press on Saturday that universities are prepared to re-admit female students as soon as the ban is lifted by Hibatullah Akhundzada. however, he was unable to say when or if that would happen.