KABUL: Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. Soon after Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered government workers to stop using smartphones i»»»

Afghan girls take an exam at a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 21. (AFP-Yonhap) Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging an end to such "discrimination." The»»»