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UNSC members send unified message to Taliban, call for opening of schools
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 27 (ANI): Members of the United Nations Security Council, in a joint statement on the Taliban's reversal of their promise on girls' education, said that all the girls in Afghanistan should be allowed to go to school.
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Deep divisions within Taliban over girls' education
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): According to a report, there are deep divisions within the Taliban's Supreme Council of Jurisprudence on whether the girls could be permitted to seek education beyond Class 6.
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US cancels Doha meetings with Taliban after u-turn on girls' education
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): The United States has cancelled its planned meetings with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar and sees its refusal to allow girls to return to schools as a potential turning point in engagement with the group, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Jalina Porter s
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Taliban's ban on girls' education to cause irreparable damage if not rever
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], March 26 (ANI): Taliban's decision of banning girls' education will cause irreparable damage to Afghanistan if not reversed, said Deborah Lyons, UN Special Representative in a meeting in Qatar with Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban member who currently serves as the Islamic Emirate of
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India girls clinch SAFF U-18 Women's Championship 2022 title
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], March 25 (ANI): India Under-18 girls emerged champions of SAFF Under-18 Women's Championship 2022 here at the JRD TATA Sports Complex on Friday. India emerged as champions enjoying a better goal difference, +11 in comparison to +3 of Bangladesh though they los
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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Taliban remove 16 directors from post, appoint senior's relatives with rel
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): 16 directors of Afghanistan's Labour and Social Affairs Ministry have been replaced by the Taliban's senior official relatives, who have only religious education degrees.
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Students protest in Kabul as Taliban bar girls from attending schools
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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CCTV cameras in Maharashtra govt schools soon to prevent incidents of sexu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 25 (ANI): Maharashtra will install CCTV cameras in government schools from the forthcoming academic year to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, said state's School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad on Friday.
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US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanista
Updated : 4 years, 3 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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Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the U-turn over re-opening girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the Taliban's excuses for reversing their commitment to the people of Afghanistan.
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US envoy to UN condemns Taliban's decision on banning girls over grade six
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision to prohibit girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the decision jeopardizes Afghanistan's future and its role in the internatio
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