Life for Afghan girls and women had transformed after two decades of an American-backed government, especially in Kabul and other cities. Afghan society remained deeply conservative — to the degree ...

New school year restrictions for girls Afghanistan's new school year has begun under a restrictive policy that prohibits ...

With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has understandably shifted away from the plight of Afghan girls denied ...

KABUL, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Education of Afghanistan's interim government on Thursday started the new academic year as millions of Afghan students headed to schools without girls ...

Acting Minister of Education Maulvi Habibullah Agha said that Afghan society needed both religious and modern sciences and the Islamic Emirate was paying attention to both religious and modern ...

Taliban officials have arrested an Afghan educator who has been campaigning for the education rights of girls in the country, ...

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“This is the responsibility of the international community to ensure that the rights of Afghan women and girls are restored without any delay,” Jaberian said. No country has yet formally ...

Since reclaiming power in 2021, the Taliban have systematically denied Afghan girls and women their rights to education, employment, and freedom of movement. Now, as internal divisions shake the ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls' education to save the future of millions who have ...

The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated ...