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Taliban forces stopped Shia mosques in Afghanistan from holding Eid prayers this year: Reports

Kabul: The Eid seemed to be without joy for certain sections of Afghanistan society as the Taliban administration prevented hundreds of Shia mosques from holding Eid prayers on Tuesday. more

Afghanistan: Taliban separates weekdays for male, female university students

Kabul: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has separated weekdays of male and female students of Kabul University and Kabul Polytechnic University in a bid to further end co-education i ...

Pakistani scholar urges Taliban to reopen schools for girls in Afghanistan

Kabul/Islamabad: Mufti Taqi Usman, a prominent Pakistani scholar, has written a letter to the Taliban government of Afghanistan and asked it to reopen girls’ schools for Afghan girl ...

European Parliamentary condemns Taliban govts decision to ban girl education

Kabul: The European Parliament recently condemned the recent ban imposed by the Taliban government on girl education in the country.

Deeply regret that girls’ education above 6th grade remains suspended in Afghanistan: Antonio Guterres

New York: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has regretted that girls’ education above sixth grade still remains suspended in Taliban ruled Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Women can only enter parks for three days in a week, directs Taliban in new order

Kabul: The Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued yet another bizarre diktat by which women can only go to parks three d ...

Taliban will keep finding excuses to stop girls from learning in Afghanistan: Malala Yousafzai

Kabul: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised the Taliban government of Afghanistan and said the group will try to find excuses to stop girls from learning.

Afghanistan: Women demonstrate against Taliban's decision to ban girls from going to school

Kabul: A small group of women demonstrated in Kabul city on Saturday against Taliban regime's decision to ban teenage girls from going to schools.

Taliban threatening provincial media in Afghanistan: HRW

Kabul: Taliban authorities have carried out far-reaching censorship and violence against Afghan media in district and provincial centres, drastically limiting critical reporting in Afghan ...

To spare Afghanistan, world must engage with Taliban, Lyons tells Security Council

New York: Six months after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, it is time for concerned countries to deepen their engagement with the country’s new authorities and take action t ...