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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 ...- 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...
- Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in PakistanMalala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist, expressed her joy at being back in Pakistan for a global summit on...
- 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...
- Afghanistan: Girls, women demand reopening educational institutes for themGirls and women in Afghanistan who have been deprived of their education have demanded the reopening of educational institutions in the cou...
- 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...
- 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...
- Australia cancel men's ODI series against Afghanistan in March"CA is committed to supporting growing the game for women and men around the world, including in Afghanistan, and will continue to engage w...
- 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...
- Banned from education, 'idle' Afghan girls are married offAfghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are banned from going to secondary school. Together with the economic crisis and d...
- Suicide attack on Kabul classroom kills 19, mostly young womenThe bombing happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara c...
- Taliban claims closure of girl's school "temporary", says not a "permanent ban"Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry, Abdul Qahar Balkhi said, "this suspension is a temporary suspension, and it is not a permanent ban, it h...
- In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in AfghanistanThe Educational Directorate, the Ministry of Education, Afghanistan in an official letter said that students and teachers are no longer all...
- 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...
- High schools for girls to reopen in March, says TalibanIn a statement on Sunday, spokesman of the Ministry of Education Aziz Ahmad Reyan said the Taliban is committed and optimistic to reopen sc...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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