Standard Education Support Foundation has said that there should be no deal on education of the girls during the intra-Afghan negotiations.

The foundation has welcomed the peace efforts to end the 40 years of war, but urged the achievements gained in educational fields during the last two decades should be preserved.

“In the peace talks, the issue of women education is a red line which should not be dealt on,” it said in a statement “Education should be defined as their fundamental human rights.”

http://www.afghanistantimes.af/no-letdown-on-education-of-girls/

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China donates $7m in food aid to Afghan flood victims

China has donated foodstuff including wheat and rice to the flood-affected people in Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.

Bahauddin Jilani, state minister for disaster management, said Sunday that totally 5,266 tons of wheat and rice were donated at a cost of 550 million Afs.

He said that the foodstuff was on the way and would arrive in Afghanistan before winter.

http://www.afghanistantimes.af/china-donates-7m-in-food-aid-to-afghan-flood-victims/