Female students missing from Afghan university entrance exams for 3rd straight year

FILE - Male students arrive at the Herat University after the universities were reopened in Herat, Afghanistan, March 6, 2023. FILE - Afghan women students stand outside the Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2022. Taliban security forces are upholding a higher education ban for women by blocking access to university campuses.

Taliban education officials in Afghanistan launched university entrance exams in almost half of the country’s 34 provinces Thursday, with no female students present for the third consecutive year.