Afghanistan, June 4 -- Afghanistan's third round of university entrance exams began in Kabul on Thursday, while girls remained excluded for a fourth year.
Afghanistan's Taliban-run National Examination Authority has launched the third round of the country's 1405 university entrance examinations, known as the Kankor, with thousands of candidates sitting the tests at Kabul University.
The latest round is primarily being held for 12th-grade graduates from Kabul province. The second day of examinations is scheduled to continue on Friday, according to the authority.
Rahimullah Haqqani, the administrative and technical deputy head of the National Examination Authority, said more than 110,000 candidates had participated in the first three round...