Habibullah Agha, the Taliban's Minister of Education, traveled to Russia on Saturday, to attend the Education Ministers' meeting in Kazan.

The Taliban's Ministry of Education stated that Habibullah Agha will speak at the meeting about the opportunities and challenges of education in Afghanistan.

According to the statement from the Taliban's Ministry of Education, he will also hold discussions with education ministers from several countries.

The Taliban's Minister of Education is traveling to Russia to discuss the state of education in Afghanistan even though the group has closed schools to girls above the sixth grade.