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"Deeply alarmed": UNSC on Taliban's suspension of access to universities f
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday said that it is "deeply alarmed" by the reports that the Taliban have prohibited women and girls from attending universities, and it reiterated its serious concerns regarding the Taliban's decision to close all schools up to and includ
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"Targeted discrimination" UN slams Taliban's decision to suspend women fro
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said the UN and its humanitarian partners also urge the de facto authorities to reopen girls' schools beyond the sixth grade and end all measures preventing women and girls from participating fully in daily public life,
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Afghanistan: Tribal elders call out Taliban to reopen girls' schools in Ni
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
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.
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Residents in Afghan province of Wardak demand schools for girls
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Residents of Day Mirdad district in the southern part of Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan demanded the establishment of girls' schools in the province and called for the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade across the country.
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Taliban claims closure of girl's school "temporary", says not a "permanent
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): The Taliban on Saturday claimed that the closing of girls' schools above sixth grade was "temporary" adding that it was not a "permanent ban."
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Religious scholars in Paktika province urge Taliban to reopen girls' schoo
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Amid the worldwide condemnation of the Taliban regime's diktat to ban girls from attending school over sixth grade, a group of religious scholars assembled in Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province calling for reopening of schools for girls.
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Afghanistan: Clerics call on Taliban to reopen girls' schools, says no leg
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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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Reopening of schools for girls in Afghanistan might lead to discord within
Updated : 3 years, 11 months 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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World Bank puts on hold four projects in Afghanistan worth USD 600 mn over
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): The World Bank has announced that they have put on hold four projects in Afghanistan worth USD 600 million following the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in the country.
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UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Female students protest in Kabul against Taliban's ban on girls attending
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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