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Afghanistan: OHCHR alarm over arrests of activists speaking up for women and girls

New York: The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for girls’ and women’s rights, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday, expressing alarm over ongoing arrests. more

Eighteen months after ban, classroom doors in Afghanistan must open for Secondary School girls, says Save the Children

As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school-aged girls must be allowed to go back to the classroom after an 18-month ban on their education ...

Afghanistan: Women students demonstrate outside Kabul University as males return to classrooms

Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new acad ...

Afghanistan: UN Mission urges Taliban govt to allow high school education for girls

Kabul: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged on Sunday the Taliban-led (under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) Afghan government to allow high school education for ...

Afghanistan: Taliban minister says people do not want their girls students to attend school

Kabul: Taliban Education Minister Noorullah Munir has said people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation.

Afghanistan: Taliban reverses decision to open school for girls, causes confusion

Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan decided to shut down the school for girls in the country, on a day the institutes were scheduled to reopen, creating confusion, media reports ...

UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school

New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, b ...

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