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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 ...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women and girlsThe International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhunzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, head of ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
'What have we done wrong?' Afghan school girls forced to go home hours after schools reopenedSecondary school age girls have been out of education for around a year in many provinces. Schools were first closed under the previous US-...
Thousands of Afghan girls return to school as Taliban end banDespite the schools reopening, barriers to girls returning to education remain, with many families suspicious of the Taliban and reluctant ...
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 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. ...
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...