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IMPACT OF TALIBAN ON EDUCATION
Taliban have barred 2.4 million Afghan girls from school since 2021: UNESCOTaliban barred 2.4 million Afghan girls from secondary education since 2021. Afghanistan is the only country with such formal bans on educa...
Afghanistan's Taliban government imposes smartphone ban on government officialsAfghanistan's Taliban government has banned civil servants from using smartphones in government institutions, effective June 16. Violators ...
While the Taliban try to change Afghans, the reverse is also true: Saad MohseniSaad Mohseni, dubbed the Rupert Murdoch of Afghanistan, has significantly influenced Afghan media. Despite the Taliban's return, his MOBY G...
Afghan women cannot pray loudly or recite in front of other women, says Taliban ministerAfghan women cannot pray loudly or recite the Quran publicly among other women as per the Taliban government. This is a new addition to the...
Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annuallyUS special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, highlighted that the Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan cost the nation over $1 ...
Afghan economy has shrunk, country receives $80 million every 14 days: ReportThe Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has released a report highlighting that millions of dollars in cash sh...
India calls for formation of an inclusive and representative govt structure in AfghanistanIndia's Permanent Representative at the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, has expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan and emphasized the impo...
The Taliban have banned girls from school for 2 years. It's a worsening crisis for all AfghansThe United Nations General Assembly is addressing the rights of Afghan women and children, particularly concerning the Taliban's ban on gir...
Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protestThe Taliban said it decided to ban beauty salons because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardship for the fami...
Australia dump Afghan cricket series over Taliban crackdown on womenThe ACB said it would contact the International Cricket Council and was considering withdrawing its players from Australia's domestic Big B...
Afghan women stopped from entering universities after Taliban banA team of AFP journalists saw groups of students gathered outside universities in the capital, Kabul, barred from entering by armed guards ...
UN secretary-general 'deeply alarmed' by Taliban university ban for women"The secretary-general reiterates that the denial of education not only violates the equal rights of women and girls, but will have a devas...
Afghanistan risks 'generational catastrophe' on education: UNESCOAccording to UNESCO report, enrollment of girls in primary school jumped to 2.5 million in 2018. Currently, 4 out of 10 students in primary...
Who to blame for Taliban takeover? Former Afghan envoy points finger at KabulThe Taliban have repeatedly sought to reassure Afghans and foreign countries that they will not reimpose the brutal rule of their last peri...
Continue, pull out or wait and watch? India Inc in a huddle over its investments in AfghanistanThe Indian industry has approached the government to assess its investments in Afghanistan and take a call on a plan of action — to continu...
Afghanistan brain drain complicates Taliban rule: ExpertsDuring the airlift from Kabul led by the United States and other Western countries, people who had worked with the US-backed government as ...
Five challenges for the Taliban in AfghanistanThe last time the group was in power from 1996 to 2001, it imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law. They banned women from education ...
Irreconcilable guns need to be silenced in Afghanistan, India tell UNSCIndia said it should be clear to the armed opposition that there would be no tolerance for those who continue violence in Afghanistan.
Malala Yousafzai to become youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace"Even in the face of grave danger, Malala has shown an unwavering commitment to the rights of women, girls and all people," the Secretary-G...
Not many Pakistani youths are joining Taliban now: ActivistThe number of Pakistani youths joining the dreaded Taliban, responsible for numerous terror attacks inside Pakistan and Afghanistan, has co...