Afghanistan's state-run universities reopened on Saturday, more than six months after the Taliban's takeover of the country. "Based on a plan previously announced by the higher education ministry, the public universities reopened today in colder climate areas … Students are attending Kabul University, with male and female students in separate classes," Xinhua news agency reported citing local media Tolo News TV.

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Since the Taliban's takeover of the country on August 15, 2021, all state-run universities had remained closed. However, students returned to their classes in public universities in a few warmer provinces of the country's 34 provinces earlier in February. Earlier officials of the higher education ministry of the Taliban-led caretaker government announced that female students can attend higher education institutions and universities but in gender-separated classes. (IANS/SP)

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