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Taliban announces indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely restricting basic rights--particularly those of women and girls, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Afghanistan: Tribal elders call out Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Ni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Tribal elders in Nimroz province of Afghanistan called out the Taliban to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade and said that depriving young girls of education is not in the interest of the country, TOLO news reported.
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Afghanistan: Social media campaign calls out Taliban to open secondary sch
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A social media campaign called "Let Afghan Girls Learn" is doing the rounds in Afghanistan to call out the Taliban to immediately open the gates of secondary and high schools for girls in the country.
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Residents in Afghan province of Wardak demand schools for girls
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Residents of Day Mirdad district in the southern part of Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan demanded the establishment of girls' schools in the province and called for the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade across the country.
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EU special envoy Niklasson calls for reopening of schools for Afghan girls
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 13 (ANI): Special envoy for European Union for Afghanistan Tomas Niklasson called for the reopening of schools for Afghan girls above grade six and said that the education of women is essential for progress in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported.
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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 19 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the Charge d'Affaires of Kabul's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Naseer Ahmad Faiq said denying the girls their basic rights to education is "national treason
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Afghan girls protest against the closure of their school in Paktia
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): Female students in Afghanistan's Paktia province protested against the closure of their school and marched in the area.
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US special envoy calls humanitarian situation in Afghanistan "a great trag
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): Rina Amiri, the US special representative for Afghan girls, women and human rights, has described the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as "a great tragedy" and urged the Islamic countries to raise their voice.
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Afghan girls continue studies as Taliban remains reluctant to announce sch
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Determined to pursue education even after the Taliban has put roadblocks, girls from secondary schools continued their education on personal levels, at home and with their classmates, media reports said.
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Taliban's crackdown destroying lives of Afghan women, girls: Rights group
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 28 (ANI): The lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban's crackdown on their human rights, a London-based rights group said in its new report.
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UN envoy Markus Potzel calls for Afghan girls' senior secondary education
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): UN deputy special envoy for Afghanistan Markus Potzel emphasised the need for Afghan girls' senior secondary education and said that the same rights to education should be provided to everyone.
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Afghan girls face bleak future as ban on secondary education persists
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 13 (ANI): The Taliban's ban on secondary education has already caused girls in Afghanistan to lose 300 days of their studies with devastating consequences for them, their families, and the country's future, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday i
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