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EU calls on Taliban to open secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 29 (ANI): The European Union on Monday condemned the Taliban's decision to ban girls from receiving secondary education and believes that this lowers the movement's chances to gain the "desired" legitimacy, Sputnik reported.
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Taliban bans BBC, VOA broadcast services in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 28 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday banned British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) broadcast services in Afghanistan.
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UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], March 28 (ANI): The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.
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'Hopeful' that Taliban will reverse ban on girls' education decision: US s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West said he was hopeful that the Taliban will reverse their decision over banning teenage girls from going to schools and allowing them to get an education.
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Afghanistan: Schools, Universities lose 60 pc students amid humanitarian c
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The owners of private schools and universities in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have complained that they have lost 60 per cent of their students amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country.
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Female students protest in Kabul against Taliban's ban on girls attending
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 27 (ANI): Dozens of female students in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul took to the streets demanding the Taliban regime to withdraw its decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade.
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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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Defence Ministry approves setting up of 21 new Sainik schools
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): With an aim to establish 100 new Sainik schools across the country in a partnership model, the Defence Ministry on Saturday approved the setting up of 21 such schools, in partnership with NGOs, private schools or state governments.
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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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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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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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