Afghan authorities are closing education centers and institutes supported by non-governmental groups in the south until further notice, officials said Monday. The centers are mostly for girls, who are banned from going to school beyond sixth grade.

The accusation emerged from a workplace spat where the Chinese national objected to local workers taking too much time to pray.

No people or satellites were aboard for this attempt. There won’t be another try until at least Wednesday.

China’s defense minister on Monday toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the Russian capital that underscored the increasingly close ties between Moscow and Beijing amid the fighting in Ukraine.

The companies are acquitted of involuntary manslaughter over the crash which killed 228 people.