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35 Private Afghan universities could collapse following women's education
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The announcement of the woman's education ban in Afghanistan can possibly lead to the closure of 35 private universities.
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Taliban justifies women education ban amid criticism: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan Nida Mohammad Nadim said there is no opposition to the barring of women from university education in the country.
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India "notes with concern" reports of Taliban banning women from universit
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Addressing a press briefing today, Bagchi stated that India has "consistently" supported women's education in Afghanistan and called for the importance of the establishment of an "inclusive and representative government."
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Afghanistan: Taliban replaces acting education minister in reshuffle
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 21 (ANI): Amid a global call for the reopening of secondary schools for girls, the Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has reshuffled several national and provincial positions, including the acting education minister.
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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Exclusion of girls from high school has no credible justification: UNAMA
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 18 (ANI): As the closure of schools for girls in Afghanistan completed one year on Sunday, the acting head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Markus Potzel said that the ongoing exclusion of girls from high schools has no justif
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Taliban shirks responsibility, blames Afghan parents for closure of girls
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): Drawing flak over the decision to close girls' schools in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday shifted the blame on Afghan parents and said that people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.
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Taliban decried globally for closing Paktia girls' schools after brief ope
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): The Taliban were publicly criticized globally for closing the girls' schools in Paktia after a brief opening.
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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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Activists in Turkey calls on world to focus on Afghan human rights
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 30 (ANI): A number of human rights activists in Turkey called on the international community to pay attention to women's rights, particularly girls' access to education, in Afghanistan.
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Taliban to bring new curriculum in Afghanistan for girls' education
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 13 (ANI): After backlash by the international community over the neglect of girls' education in Afghanistan, the Taliban have created a "directorate of academic curriculum", local media reported on Saturday.
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Taliban claims closure of girl's school "temporary", says not a "permanent
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday claimed that the closing of girls' schools above sixth grade was "temporary" adding that it was not a "permanent ban."
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