Morning Chronicle - Politics (English)

Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies

Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader.

AFP photographer cited among BBC's 100 most influential women

AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was badly wounded by Israeli shelling in Lebanon, and French feminist icon Gisele Pelicot were on Tuesday named by the BBC as among the top 100 most influential women of 2024.