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Afghanistan: Clerics call on Taliban to reopen girls' schools, says no leg
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 8 (ANI): Religious scholars once again called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and said there was no legal justification for banning girls above sixth grade from going to school.
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Activists raise concern over closure of Afghan girls' schools above grade
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 8 (ANI): A month-old decision of captured Afghanistan by Taliban to stop the education of girls from grade 6 onwards, is now attracting condemnation within as well as outside the country.
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US special envoy West speaks with Hamid Karzai on reopening schools for gi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West spoke with former president Hamid Karzai and discussed the Afghan people's desire to see girls return to secondary school soonest.
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'Hopeful' that Taliban will reverse ban on girls' education decision: US s
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West said he was hopeful that the Taliban will reverse their decision over banning teenage girls from going to schools and allowing them to get an education.
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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 25 (ANI): Female Foreign Ministers from over a dozen countries including Australia, UK and Norway on Friday expressed their deep disappointment and concern over the girls being barred access to secondary schools in Afghanistan.
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Students protest in Kabul as Taliban bar girls from attending schools
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): Dozens of students have rallied in Kabul on Friday to protest the Taliban's decision to block girls' schools.
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US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision not to reopen secondary schools to Afghan girls, the United States and its allies have called on the group to revoke its decision.
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Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the U-turn over re-opening girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the Taliban's excuses for reversing their commitment to the people of Afghanistan.
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UN decries Taliban's decision to extend school ban for girls
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday condemned reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above the sixth-grade access to schools.
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Taliban to open high schools for girls today
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The Taliban has allowed girls to return to high schools from Wednesday, ending the uncertainty over whether the Islamic group would allow full access to education for girls.
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Angelina Jolie shares emotional letter sent to her from young Afghan girl
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has called on her social media followers to be aware of atrocities being committed in Afghanistan.
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Afghan girls must return to schools in spring, says Hamid Karzai
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 25 (ANI): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has emphasised that girls must return to schools in spring.
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