good news (was Re: women register at Kabul U

Peter K. peterk at enteract.com
Thu Dec 6 08:36:13 PST 2001



>Chronicle of Higher Education - web daily - December 6, 2001
>
>After 5-Year Ban, Female Students Again Allowed to Register at
Kabul U.
>By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND
>
>Islamabad, Pakistan
>
>After a five-year-long wait, the doors of Kabul University have
once
>again opened to women. Last Saturday, dozens of anxious but
eager
>female students, who had been barred from going to college by
the
>Taliban regime, lined up to register for the next academic
session.

God damn that American empire!

Breaking news from the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/06/international/06CND-STRO.html

December 6, 2001 Surrender Is Slated to Begin on Friday By NORIMITSU ONISHI with TERENCE NEILAN QUETTA, Pakistan, Dec. 6 — The Taliban agreed today to surrender their last Afghan stronghold of Kandahar and will start handing over their weapons on Friday, a spokesman in Islamabad said.



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