The Taliban say they respect women’s rights in line with their interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan customs.
The Taliban in March 2022 barred girls from high schools and extended the ban to universities in December.
ADDRESSING HUMANITARIAN CRISISSheikh Mohammed and Haibatullah also discussed efforts to remedy Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, the source said.
The U.S. and its allies say the Taliban harbor members of al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban.
Sheikh Mohammed, who also serves as Qatar's foreign minister, met publicly in Kandahar with Mullah Hassan Akhund, the Taliban prime minister, on the same day he met the supreme leader.
Persons:
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, Akhunzada, Joe Biden's, Sheikh Mohammed, Haibatullah, al, Mullah Hassan Akhund, Jonathan Landay, Don Durfee, Deepa Babington
Organizations:
Qatari, Qatar, United, The State Department, Human Rights, United Nations, Islamic, Haibatullah, Thomson
Locations:
Afghan, Kandahar, Thani, Kabul, United States, Washington, Qatar, U.S, Geneva, Islamic State, Afghanistan, The U.S, al Qaeda, Doha