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.
A girls' school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district was torched early on Tuesday. According to Dawn newspaper, local officials have held "terrorists" responsible for this reprehensible act and have promised to rebuild the school along with providing security to educational institutions.
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.
The four tenth-class students attended the exam and left school at around 8.00 am and they said that they are going home for breakfast, the school management told the police in a complaint.
So far, no group has claimed the responsibility. Islamists, no matter which sect they belong to, are extremely opposed to giving girls' access to education in Gilgit Baltistan.
Addressing a public meeting in Shimla ahead of the Assembly elections, on Wednesday, Chandel alleged that criminals have been emboldened on the watch of the BJP government, to the extent that they no longer spare minor girls.
'Fukrey' star Ali Fazal is all set to star in two time Oscar winning director Bill Guttentag's next 'Afghan Dreamers'. Ali to essay one of the leads in a film based on the inspiring true story of the all girls robotics team from Afghanistan.
As many as three girls have been arrested so far and a case registered against six persons, including two youths for assaulting a woman at LIG square in Madhya Pradesh's Indore
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Room to Read's Girls Education Program has been working towards building agency and aspiration of adolescent girls for over two decades now. The organization's work, especially in the educationally backward blocks have brought forth ins
They allegedly passed vulgar comments against two minor girl students of a Middle English School at Lala area on Saturday when they were travelling towards Hailakandi from Bilaipur area.