{
  "id": 17402191,
  "title": "Zakir Naik Defends Taliban On Girls' Education, Gets Slammed By 3 Countries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naik-defends-taliban-on-girls-education-gets-slammed-by-3",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T12:13:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/zakir-naik-defends-taliban-on-girls-education-gets-slammed-by-india-pakistan-afghanistan-12263581"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a video clip that has been widely circulated on social media, controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik claimed that the media misrepresents the situation in Afghanistan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Zakir Naik's defence of Taliban's girls' education ban sparks row, Malala Yousafzai's father says 'deeply troubling'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naiks-defence-of-talibans-girls-education-ban-sparks-row-malala",
        "published": "2026-10-31T09:45:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Zakir Naik Faces Backlash For Defending Taliban's Restrictions On Girls' Education",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/zakir-naik-faces-backlash-for-defending-talibans-restrictions-on",
        "published": "2026-10-31T14:48:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}