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UNSC members send unified message to Taliban, call for opening of schools
Updated : 4 years 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 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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China to host 3rd regional meeting on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 26 (ANI): China is set to host the third regional meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan at the end of this month in Beijing.
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US cancels Doha meetings with Taliban after u-turn on girls' education
Updated : 4 years 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 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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Women Foreign Ministers slam ban on girls in Afghanistan's secondary class
Updated : 4 years 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
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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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Taliban arrest former Paktia Deputy Police Chief
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): The Taliban arrested former Paktia Deputy Chief of Police Mohammad Chargand Zadran in Khost province's Do Manda district, local media reported.
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Students protest in Kabul as Taliban bar girls from attending schools
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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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Taliban denies reshuffle in interim cabinet
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): Taliban have denied reports of reshuffle in the Cabinet, saying that no changes have been brought to the government structure.
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US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanista
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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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Taliban vows to address 'all concerns' of China; Wang-Muttaqi discusses mi
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Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): During the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Afghanistan, the Taliban assured Beijing about addressing all concerns China thinks may "emerge from Afghan soil", ahead of a key meeting that Beijing is hosting with Afghanistan's neighbours next wee
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