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Kabul: Women activists in Kabul recently demonstrated as they expressed concern about the continued effective ban on female students over 6th grade, media reports said. more
Afghanistan: Woman commits suicide before Taliban stones her to death for running away from home

Ghor: A woman in Ghor province, in central Afghanistan, committed suicide before being stoned to death by the Taliban forces for running away from home, an episode showing the troubles fa ...

Afghanistan: UN repeats call for Taliban to allow girls full access to school

New York: Marking one year since Afghanistan’s de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the Taliban to &ldq ...

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: UN accuses Taliban of harassing female staff

New York/Kabul: The United Nations authorities in Afghanistan have accused the Taliban authorities of intimidating and harassing its female staff working in the country, including detaini ...

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 closes girl school after days of reopening in Paktia

Kabul: The Taliban administrators of Afghanistan have shut down a girl's school and sent the tearful students back home in   Paktia province in the southeast region of the c ...

Afghanistan: Taliban bars female students from leaving Kabul for studies

Kabul: The Taliban has refused to allow female students to leave the Afghan capital to go to study in Kazakhstan and Qatar, an informed source told Sputnik.

First Person: Heartbroken but hopeful, under Taliban rule in Afghanistan

Zarina* is a young Afghan woman entrepreneur. Her drive for innovating, and passion for baking made her one of Afghanistan’s youngest entrepreneurs. Her business is still running, b ...

UN agencies recommitment to women, girls in Afghanistan one year after Taliban takeover

A year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has led to a deterioration in the lives of women and girls, affecting all aspects of their human rights, three UN agencies reported on Monday.