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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...26 Nov, 2025, 07.56 AM IST- Taliban say it's absurd to accuse them of gender discriminationThe Taliban have denied accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands...27 Sep, 2024, 02.18 PM IST
- Meryl Streep stands with Afghan women at UN, says ‘a cat has more freedom than a woman in Kabul’At a UN General Assembly event, actor Meryl Streep called attention to the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women, likening their lack of r...24 Sep, 2024, 05.37 PM IST
- 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...18 Sep, 2023, 11.30 AM IST
- 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...19 Aug, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
- 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...16 Aug, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
- UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girlsThe resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, is scheduled to be voted on by the 15-member council on Thursday afternoon. ...27 Apr, 2023, 08.03 AM IST
- 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...17 Mar, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
- Human rights are not politics, Cricket Australia chief says on withdrawalAustralia opted out of the three-match series, scheduled for March in the United Arab Emirates, citing further restrictions by the Taliban ...13 Jan, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
- 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...11 Nov, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
- 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...16 Apr, 2022, 01.17 PM IST
- Taliban order Afghan girls' schools shut hours after reopeningCrestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belong...23 Mar, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
- 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...24 Jan, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
- 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...04 Nov, 2021, 09.39 PM IST
- 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...21 Sep, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
- Angelina Jolie worried that women, girls in Afghanistan will lose their freedomLast month, the actress made her Insta debut to share stories of people from the distressed country.06 Sep, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
- Fawzia Koofi: The woman who may lead Afghanistan into the futureKoofi is the first woman to become the deputy speaker of the Parliament in her country.15 Mar, 2018, 08.40 AM IST
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