Rights activists urge world leaders to pressure Taliban on girls' education

Jul 17, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 : Several human rights and education activists urged world leaders in an open letter recently to mount diplomatic pressure on...

Afghan girls face bleak future as ban on secondary education persists

Jul 13, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 13 : The Taliban's ban on secondary education has already caused girls in Afghanistan to lose 300 days of their studies...

Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan

Mar 24, 2022

Washington [US], March 24 : Condemning the U-turn over re-opening girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the Taliban's...

Denied education, over 3 million Afghan girls face bleak future: Report

Mar 17, 2023

The ban on the education of Afghan girls and women has resulted in a surge in the risk of early marriage, violence and abuse...

Taliban call for lifting of sanctions against 'Islamic Emirate'

Sep 15, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 15 : Afghanistan's new acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has called for sanctions to be lifted against the 'Islamic...

Taliban must achieve trust of their own people first: Former Afghan President Karzai

Aug 11, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 : Former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has expressed concern over the education ban on girls' education imposed by the...