If there is one, just one single issue, on which the whole world is sharply aligned against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, it is the ban imposed on girls seeking higher education.

A serious review of policy is required in Pakistan’s restive, former tribal region, where anger and acrimony against the government is rising dangerously, and threatening a socio-political collapse in the area. 

There was huge euphoria and enthusiasm as Taliban swept into power a year ago. That warm embrace of the leaders of the movement was short lived and the hard realities of a country so awfully dependent on foreign aid began to sink in soon.