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UN envoy calls upon Taliban to allow girls' education
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 10 (ANI): The UN's envoy has called for urgent steps from the Taliban regime to ensure that all Aghan girls are able to attend schools in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Clerics call on Taliban to reopen girls' schools, says no leg
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 8 (ANI): Religious scholars once again called on the Taliban to reopen all girls' schools in Afghanistan's capital Kabul and said there was no legal justification for banning girls above sixth grade from going to school.
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European Parliament strongly condemns education ban for girls
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 8 (ANI): The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have expressed deep concern over the Taliban's recent decision to indefinitely extend the ban on allowing girls in seventh grade and above to attend school.
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Reopening of schools for girls in Afghanistan might lead to discord within
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): US special envoy for human rights and Afghan women and girls Rina Amiri has said that the reopening of schools for girls above the sixth grade in Afghanistan might lead to discord within the Taliban leadership, reported local media.
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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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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Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 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 expresses concern over Taliban's school ban for girls
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The head of the US mission to Afghanistan, Ian McCary on Wednesday expressed concern regarding the reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above sixth-grade access to schools.
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Schools in Afghanistan's Kunduz province closed due to political violence
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kunduz [Afghanistan], January 10 (ANI): Political violence in recent years has forced schools in Afghanistan's Northern Province of Kunduz to be closed.
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Afghan girls must not be excluded from schools: UNICEF
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of schools in Afghanistan from Saturday, but stressed that girls must not be kept away from the classroom.
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