Male faculty in Afghanistan stand in solidarity with women amid university ban

The World

The Taliban have banned women from attending private and public universities. But male faculty members, and students across the country, have something to say about it. A number of male faculty, from lecturers to professors, have resigned at one university. Host Marco Werman talks with Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul.

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