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Girls in Afghanistan still face unfair bans on education after two years:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Guterres said on his social media platform X, “Two years have passed since the ban on girls attendance in schools in Afghanistan. This is an unjustifiable violation of human rights that inflicts long-term damage on the entire country.”
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Afghanistan: Residents abandon Farahrud due to lack of schools
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Residents of Farahrud district in the western province of Afghanistan have started to vacate the region due to a lack of schools for their children, TOLOnews reported on Monday.
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Taliban calls out UN Security council to permanently end all travel bans
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Earlier in September, Human Rights Watch urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exemption as a result of the closure of girls' schools in Afghanistan and the Taliban's atrocities against women and girls in the war-torn nation.
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Afghanistan: Social media campaign calls out Taliban to open secondary sch
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
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.
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Denying Afghan girls from education is national treason: Kabul's Envoy to
Updated : 3 years, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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Human Rights Watch asks UN not to renew travel ban waiver on Taliban offic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political isolation of Afghanistan due to their atrocities on women and young girls in the country, the Human Rights Watch has urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) not to extend the existing government officials' travel exe
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Taliban fail to explain closure of girls' schools in Afghanistan to UN
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 17 (ANI): Taliban on Thursday failed to explain the closure of girls' schools in Afghanistan to the UN after the Taliban earlier backtracked within a few hours of announcing the reopening of girls' schools.
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US Envoy, Abdullah Abdullah discuss plight of Afghan girls'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 23 (ANI): The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West raised the issue of reopening of girls' schools in Afghanistan with the head of the former council of peace and national reconciliation of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah.
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Worldwide condemnations pour in over Kabul school attacks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): A day after the dastardly targetting of schools in Afghanistan's Kabul reportedly killed over 20 people, condemnations poured in from all quarters with calls for proper investigation and justice for the deceased.
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In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): The Taliban in its fresh decree have asked the students and teachers to stop wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan, reported TOLOnews.
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