Taliban orders school closures

Afghan officials in the central province of Logar say the Taliban have ordered the closure of all schools, a week ahead of the presidential election.

Also in the programme: The campaign for and against greater gay rights, in a socially conservative South Korea: and India's prime minister is to address a mass rally of Indian Americans today but do they approve of his nationalist agenda?

(Photo: Afghan employees of the election commission check the biometric devices as they prepare to shift them to the polling centers for the upcoming presidential elections in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 September 2019. Credit: EPA)