Teenage Afghan girls were banned from school - now these classes are their only option
Religious schools increasingly offer a range of subjects as the mainstream education ban enters its fourth year.
UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education as new school year begins in Afghanistan
The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the ...
Canadian online medical school provides training, and hope, for Afghan women
Students study on their own and listen to lectures recorded by professors from schools such as UBC, Harvard and McGill. Level four is an in-person internship, and Dr. Qayumi has secured agreements ...
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Afghan school year begins with millions of girls banned from studying
A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million girls excluded from secondary education, a top UNICEF ...
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Afghan women launch education campaign against 'ignorant' Taliban ban
Women's rights protesters urge international community to support Afghan women in struggle for access to education ...
Taliban leader cites Quran in Eid message calling for unity and reconciliation in Afghanistan
Hassan Abbas, a professor at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. and author of the “Return of the Taliban,” ...
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UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan
A United Nations agency is urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls’ education to save the future of millions who have been deprived of their right to ...
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UNICEF urges Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education as new school year begins
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift the ...
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UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD — 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 been ...