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UNHRC expresses concern over ban on female students in Afghanistan schools
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ban on schooling for female students in grades 7-12 in Afghanistan, a member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) Samira Hamidi said that the ban on girls is contrary to their commitment made to the international comm
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Afghanistan: UNHCR official expresses hope for coeducation to bring peace
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Inaugurating a school in Afghanistan's Kandahar, deputy commissioner of the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) Yumiko Takashima expressed hope that boys and girls study together to bring peace in the country's future.
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UNHCR expresses concern over Taliban decree banning girls from schools
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the closure of secondary schools for Afghan girls and their safety.
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Western envoys link aid to Afghanistan with allowing girls access to educa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 11 (ANI): Hardening stand against anti-women measures of the Taliban, the envoys and representatives of the European Union, US, and the European countries in a joint statement have said that the international aid to Kabul will depend on Afghanistan's ability to
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Human Rights Watch calls for inquiry into fate of female protestors detain
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 10 (ANI): Expressing concern over the detention of the women protesting against the Taliban's ban on girls' education in Afghanistan, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an inquiry into the fate of these protestors, reported local media.
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US gives ultimatum to Taliban, says no possibility to soften or ease sanct
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 5 (ANI) Rina Amiri, US special envoy for human rights and Afghan women and girls on Monday gave an ultimatum to the Taliban to make a final decision about educating girls as soon as possible.
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US special envoy West speaks with Hamid Karzai on reopening schools for gi
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Ban on girls' education damaging entire Afghanistan, says UN chief
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 3 (ANI): Expressing concern at the Taliban's decision to ban girls' education in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that this is an unjustifiable violation of equal rights and it will damage the entire country.
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EU calls on Taliban to open secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 29 (ANI): The European Union on Monday condemned the Taliban's decision to ban girls from receiving secondary education and believes that this lowers the movement's chances to gain the "desired" legitimacy, Sputnik reported.
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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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 : 3 years, 11 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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