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Even the dead must make way as construction transforms Afghanistan's capitalKabul is undergoing a massive transformation as the Taliban government revives old plans to widen roads. Homes, businesses, and even a grav...- Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to visit native Pakistan for girls' summitNobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend a summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly ki...
- Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is overAn official in the Education Ministry said Afghan girls of all ages are allowed to study in religious schools known as madrassas, which hav...
- 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...
- UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls educationThe International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afgh...
- Sixty Afghan girls hospitalised after school poisoningThe police has informed that around 60 girls from Northern Afghanistan were taken to the hospital after they were poisoned. The attack is s...
- Denied education, over 3 million Afghan girls face bleak future: ReportThe ban on the education of Afghan girls and women has resulted in a surge in the risk of early marriage, violence and abuse in the country...
- Taliban bans university education for Afghan girlsDespite promising a softer rule when they seized power last year, the Taliban have ratcheted up restrictions on all aspects of women's live...
- Taliban break promise on higher education for Afghan girlsTaliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to...
- Afghan girls, faraway relatives worry over dreams disruptedAs a wary world watches to see the Taliban's policies for women, many older girls in Afghanistan already face disrupted dreams, worried for...
- Taliban to announce secondary school for girls, says United Nations official"As I speak to you today, millions of girls of secondary school age are missing out on education for the 27th consecutive day," Abdi said. ...
- Taliban says girls to return to school 'as soon as possible'During the weekend, the education ministry issued a diktat ordering male teachers and students back to secondary school -- but made no ment...
- A harsh new reality for Afghan women and girls in Taliban-run schoolsThe new government has said that some form of education for girls and women will be permitted, but those parameters have not been clearly d...
- Afghan girls' football team flees to Pakistan"I received a request for their rescue from another England-based NGO, so I wrote to Prime Minister Imran Khan who issued clearance for the...
- Children of Afghan refugees in India see 'dark future' after Taliban takeoverDia (10) and Diyana (12), residents of an Afghan enclave in south Delhi, should be learning and playing, but at this tender age, the sister...
- Taliban abducting girls over 15 years of age for marriage, says escaped journalistAfter the takeover of Kabul last week, the Taliban have been going house-to-house in Afghanistan, searching for women and girls over the ag...
- Angelina Jolie gets 4.5 mn followers in 14 hours after her Instagram debutThe actress shared a heartbreaking letter from a young Afghan girl for her first post.
- View: It’s not a wrap for Afghanistan’s womenEducation is the true key to emancipation of the mind; burkhas, hijabs and niqabs are just superficial impediments, just like skirts and tr...
- Pakistan not to deport Nat Geo's Afghan Girl Sharbat GulaThe decision has been taken on humanitarian grounds and as a goodwill gesture towards Afghanistan.
- Nat Geo Afghan girl arrest: Now, photographer Steve McCurry offers to helpMcCurry had clicked the famous photograph in 1985. He has now offered to help Sharbat Gula who was arrested on Wednesday.
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