Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai speaking at a graduation ceremony of girls from a madrasa (religious school) in Kabul, said that knowledge is "compulsory by Islam" for men and women and Afghanistan can progress when "men and women" study.

Host Shams Amani discussed the topic with the following guests: 

• Najibullah Jami, political analyst
• Salim Paigir, head of Hezb-e-Mutahid Fikri Afghanistan