Restrictions imposed on Afghan girls will increase child marriages by 25 pc: UN agencies

May 26, 2024

United Nations agencies have said that the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls will increase the number of child marriages among...

Amid Taliban restrictions, Afghan woman provides literacy, vocational training to 600 girls

Feb 11, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], February 11 : After the Taliban prevented the girls from attending school in many areas, an Afghan woman in Kabul is providing...

Several countries at UN express concerns over restrictions on Afghan women, girls

Feb 28, 2023

President of the Saudi Human Rights Commission, Hala Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri, at the UN Human Rights Council, said Saudi Arabia calls on Kabul to rescind...

Afghanistan: Girls studying in sixth grade urge Taliban to not stop them from attending schools

Dec 08, 2023

Afghan girls called on the Taliban not to stop girls from going to school in the next academic year.

UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan

Dec 29, 2022

More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions...

Afghan girls must return to school: Former Prez Hamid Karzai

Jan 25, 2022

Washington [US], January 25 : Afghan girls must be allowed to go to schools when they reopen in March, said former Afghan President Hamid...