Taliban announces indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls

Dec 20, 2022

The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021 and imposed policies severely restricting basic rights--particularly those of women and girls, according to Human Rights...

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...

UN Secy General Guterres calls on Taliban to reverse ban on education of Afghan girls

Jan 24, 2023

On International Day of Education, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse the ban on...

Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' education

Apr 14, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 : Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the...

US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanistan

Mar 25, 2022

Washington [US], March 25 : Condemning the Taliban's decision not to reopen secondary schools to Afghan girls, the United States and its allies have...

Afghanistan: One year since education ban, girls demand reopening of universities

Dec 21, 2023

After the completion of one year of the ban on girls' education, women in Afghanistan are demanding that the Taliban regime reopen universities, Khaama...