AFP News Agency Profile picture
Mar 23 9 tweets 6 min read
Afghan girls head back to school as Taliban end ban.

The education ministry says reopening schools for girls was always a government objective and the Taliban were not bowing to pressure linked to aid and recognition of the new regime

u.afp.com/wsTi
VIDEO: Afghan girls head back to school as Taliban end ban.

This comes after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated
#BREAKING Taliban orders Afghan girls schools shut hours after reopening: spokesman
#UPDATE Taliban orders secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, an official confirms, sparking confusion.

An @AFP team was filming at Zarghona High School in Kabul when a teacher entered and ordered everyone to go home
Heartbreak as Afghan girls ordered home just hours after schools reopen.

Crestfallen students, back at school for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belongings and filed out

u.afp.com/wsTC
#BREAKING UN voices 'profound frustration' as Taliban shutters Afghan girls' schools again
#UPDATE The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion while the UN rights chief said the policy reversal would be "deeply damaging" for the country u.afp.com/wsYB
#BREAKING US condemns Taliban decision to shut secondary schools for girls: State Department
#UPDATE The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut on Wednesday just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group, as well as international condemnation
➡️u.afp.com/wsPk

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with AFP News Agency

AFP News Agency Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @AFP

Mar 24
#BREAKING North Korea fires an "unidentified projectile", the South's military says Image
#UPDATE North Korea has fired an "unidentified projectile" , South Korea's military says, the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation.

Japan's coastguard issued a warning to vessels over a "potentially ballistic missile possibly launched from North Korea" Image
#BREAKING Possible North Korean missile lands 170km off north Japan: coast guard Image
Read 13 tweets
Mar 24
VIDEO: 'Ukraine matters.'

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the world to "show your standing", urging people to "come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities" to "say that people matter. Freedom matters. Peace matters. Ukraine matters"
Allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend this year's G20 summit would be "a step too far", Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Putin has already been invited and he intends to be there, Russia's ambassador to Indonesia says

u.afp.com/wsW5 Image
War in Ukraine: Latest developments.

- Zelensky calls for global protests
- Russia expels US diplomats
- More sanctions as Biden arrives in Europe
- More German arms aid

u.afp.com/wsWc ImageImageImageImage
Read 23 tweets
Mar 23
#BREAKING Ukraine calls for Renault boycott over company's refusal to leave Russia Image
#UPDATE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used an address to France's parliament on Wednesday to call on French companies still working in Russia to "stop sponsoring" the Kremlin's aggression against his country
✍️@ADAMPLOW
u.afp.com/wsAC
@ADAMPLOW #BREAKING Renault announces immediate suspension of work at Moscow factory: statement Image
Read 4 tweets
Mar 23
#BREAKING Russia will only accept rubles for gas deliveries to 'unfriendly countries', which include all EU members: Putin Image
#BREAKING UN's labour agency suspends cooperation with Russia 'until a ceasefire is agreed', 'peaceful resolution is implemented' in Ukraine Image
#BREAKING NATO to deploy four new 'battle groups' to eastern members: Stoltenberg ImageImage
Read 19 tweets
Mar 23
Heavy rain is hampering the recovery of a China Eastern jet that nosedived into a mountain with 132 passengers onboard.

Crash investigators are yet to locate the black boxes

u.afp.com/wsTL
#BREAKING Black box of crashed China Eastern jet located: aviation official Image
#UPDATE A black box has been recovered from the crashed Chinese passenger jet carrying 132 people, an aviation official said Wednesday Image
Read 6 tweets
Mar 23
#BREAKING Ash Barty announces retirement from tennis in video message
#UPDATE World number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the tennis world by announcing her retirement from the sport at the age of 25.

"Today is difficult and filled with emotion for me as I announce my retirement from tennis," she said on Instagram
World tennis No.1 Ashleigh Barty shock retirement.

Barty drops bombshell weeks after becoming first home-grown champion of the Australian Open in 44 years, joining tennis royalty's most exclusive club with a Grand Slam crown on three different surfaces

u.afp.com/wsT4
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(