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International organisations urge Taliban to reopen schools for girls
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As for over two years now, girls are barred from accessing education in Afghanistan, International organisations have called for lifting the ban on girls' education as soon as possible, TOLO News reported.
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Woman activist calls for action against ban on girls' education in Afghani
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A woman activist in Afghanistan has come out openly against the Taliban's draconian policies, putting curbs on the education of girls in the country, Khaama Press reported, adding that she called for strict action against the ban.
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Afghanistan: One year since education ban, girls demand reopening of unive
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
After the completion of one year of the ban on girls' education, women in Afghanistan are demanding that the Taliban regime reopen universities, Khaama Press reported.
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Afghanistan: Taliban orders ban on female students in university entrance
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the latest decree, the Taliban has banned female students from sitting in university entrance exams which are slated to take place next month, the Afghan news agency TOLOnews reported.
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US special envoy slams Taliban's ban on girls' education, calls it 'destru
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 12 (ANI): US Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights in Afghanistan, Rina Amiri on Sunday condemned the Taliban's ban on girls' education and said that there is no justification for continuing this destructive policy in the country.
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Taliban must achieve trust of their own people first: Former Afghan Presid
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has expressed concern over the education ban on girls' education imposed by the Taliban and said such a step could push the country further backwards.
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Talibani official dubs ban on girls' education a 'cultural constraint'
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 9 (ANI): Acting Talibani appointed education minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Noorullah Munir said that the schools in the country were closed for girls due to 'cultural constraints', media reports said.
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Rights activists urge world leaders to pressure Taliban on girls' educatio
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Several human rights and education activists urged world leaders in an open letter recently to mount diplomatic pressure on the Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls in the war-torn country as the Taliban's brutal regime in Afghanistan will soon co
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Afghan women's future appears bleak with Taliban diktats governing their l
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Afghan women are staring at a bleak future due to a number of restrictions imposed by the Taliban governing aspects of their lives within ten months of Afghanistan takeover.
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Experts say Afghan girls banned from schools suffering psychologically
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Psychologists have said that the Afghan girl students above grade six, banned from going to schools by the Taliban, are undergoing mental stress due to this move, reported local media.
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US special envoy calls on Muslim world to champion Afghan women's rights
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 3 (ANI): The US special envoy has said that the "Muslim world must champion the rights of Afghan women and girls", reported local media.
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In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): The Taliban in its fresh decree have asked the students and teachers to stop wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan, reported TOLOnews.
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