Afghan Woman Tops National University Exam but Uncertain About Future Under Taliban
Voice of America
WASHINGTON - An Afghan woman who this month scored the highest mark in the country’s national university entrance exam said that she plans to complete her education and then find a job, but she is not sure if it will be possible under the Taliban.
Salgai Baran, 19, whose exam results were the top out of 180,000 students, told VOA last week that she wants to complete her higher education in Afghanistan. “I will stay if I can continue with my education. If the circumstances do not allow me to continue my education and achieve my goals, I would like to go abroad,” Baran said. Abdul Baqi Haqqani, the Taliban’s designated acting minister for higher education, said Sunday that the group allows women to go to universities, but it bans mixed-gender classes and male teachers from teaching female classes.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.