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Kabul: The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, blaming the Islamic State group for the attack which has not been claimed. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid deplored "a
Pakistan says the attacks were launched from Afghan soil; Afghanistan's ruling Taliban deny this.
Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path, a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library.
U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths raised the issue of women's education and work.
Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration last month imposed a ban on women attending universities while girls have been banned from high school since March. They have also been excluded from parks and gyms.
A letter from the economy ministry said female employees of NGOs were not allowed to work until further notice because some had not adhered to the administration's interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women.
A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry, instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately.
The situation is still tense 21 hours after the incident as a military operation is going on, officials said.
Beijing on Tuesday advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country as soon as possible, following the attack.
Those being punished received between 21 and 39 lashes each, after being convicted in a local court of theft and adultery, said an official in the governor's office on condition of anonymity.
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