Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s political deputy at the foreign ministry, had called on other leaders to open schools for girls and women in January and said the edict forbidding them from ...

In Afghanistan, it is a synonym for "burqa". Edict: A pronouncement of the Taliban that is binding and enforced. Kandahar: A city in southeast Afghanistan (also spelled "Qandahar"). Mahram ...