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Images of the premises of the NGOs Care International, Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in Kabul, the day after several foreign aid groups announced they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop women staff from working. IMAGES
The United States "condemns in the strongest terms" the Taliban's "indefensible decision" to ban women in universities, State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Girls are seen entering a school in the Afghan capital Wednesday. This comes after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. IMAGES
Four Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighbouring Pakistan arrive at Roissy airport in Paris, several months after fleeing the Taliban regime that regained power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. IMAGES
Football fans file out of Stadium Australia in Sydney after watching Spain win the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history. Skipper Olga Carmona swept in the only goal of the match to give Spain a 1-0 victory in Sunday's final. IMAGES
England will play Spain in the final of the Women's World Cup after defeating co-hosts Australia 3-1 on Wednesday in front of more than 75,000 people in Sydney. IMAGES