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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 ...- She believes technology can help girls learn, even under Taliban ruleAfghan tech entrepreneur Roya Mahboob, now based in New Jersey, is redoubling efforts to educate girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban's r...
- Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girlsSher Abbas Stanikzai, a senior Taliban official, has publicly called on the group's leadership to lift bans on education for Afghan women a...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- India notes with concern Taliban's decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan"We have noted with concern the reports in this regard. India has consistently supported the cause of female education in Afghanistan," Ari...
- Taliban ban university education for Afghan girlsAfter the takeover of the country by the Taliban, universities were forced to implement new rules including gender-segregated classrooms an...
- 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 close girls schools in east that had briefly openedEarlier this month, four girls schools above grade 6 in Gardez, the provincial capital, and one in the Samkani district began operating wit...
- 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...
- 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...
- Men not allowed to teach girls in Afghanistan: Taliban announces ban on co-educationThe hardline Islamist group that stormed to power in mid-August after ousting the Western-back government have vowed to rule differently co...
- 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...
- 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...
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