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Afghans call for reopening of girls' senior secondary schools
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Several Afghans are voicing a clarion call for the immediate reopening of senior secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan on Sunday.
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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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US special envoy skips Doha meet, says will talk to Taliban after their co
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): While skipping the Doha meeting between the US delegation and Taliban representatives, US special envoy for Afghan women Rina Amiri said that she will only talk to the Taliban when they take concrete steps to ensure human rights, especially the rights of wo
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Human Rights Council holds urgent debate on rights of women and girls in A
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday held an urgent debate on the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, hearing Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, say that since the Taliban took power, women and girls in Af
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Reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Akhundzada attends clerics gathering in K
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afganistan], July 1 (ANI): Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is participating in a three-day religious gathering of clerics at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul, local media reported.
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UN body to hold debate on Afghan women's rights on July 1
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) is set to convene an urgent debate on July 1 to address the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: 70 pc schools in Nuristan province without buildings
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 27 (ANI): Afghanistan's education department on Monday stated that nearly 70 per cent of schools in Nuristan province do not have buildings.
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HRC to convene urgent debate on rights situation of women in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) is set to convene an urgent debate on July 1 to address the human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Women, girls 'are being written out of society' by Taliban, experts warn S
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 24 (ANI): Amid the plummeting humanitarian and economic conditions, women and girls in Afghanistan are being deprived of their most basic human rights -- employment and education, speakers told the Security Council on Thursday, as they examined the restrictive policies of
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EU, Central Asian envoys express concern about women's rights in Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], June 2 (ANI): EU and Central Asia Special Representatives and Special Envoys for Afghanistan expressed strong concern about the recent and repeated announcement of policies affecting the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and encouraged the Taliban to ensure that a
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UNSC urges Taliban to reverse policies restricting Afghan women's freedom,
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (ANI): United Nations Security Council on Tuesday urged the Taliban to reverse the policies restricting the human rights and fundamental rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.
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Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to ta
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.
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