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Taliban Shut Down Girls’ Education in Jaghori District: A Step Backward in Progress

29th May, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

8am: Reliable sources from Jaghori have informed Hasht-e Subh that on Monday, May 29, the Taliban warned the officials of educational centers in this district that they are not allowed to admit girls until further notice. The closed centers include those that offer English language, computer, and academic subjects. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Ghazni |
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Taliban Continue Their War on Education – School Is in for the Taliban’s New Model Army

24th May, 2023 · admin

FP: Extremist curriculum is teaching children how to hate, not how to think. School in Afghanistan is mostly Kalashnikovs, suicide bombings, and the Quran. That’s the Taliban recipe for education. While Afghanistan’s ban of women and girls from public life, and especially the classroom, is a big part of the Taliban’s evisceration of freedom since

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Posted in Afghan Children, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on education |
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The Taliban Converted a Girls’ High School into a Religious School in Logar Province

21st May, 2023 · admin

8am: The Taliban, who now control the Logar Directorate of Education, have recently converted a girls’ high school building in the Mohammad Agha district of the province into a religious school. They view this Taliban move as the initial official step towards eliminating girls’ schools in Logar province. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Logar, Taliban war on women |
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Panjshir University Students Say They Were Told to Leave Dormitory

13th May, 2023 · admin

Tolo News: Students at Panjshir University said that the building serving as the university’s dormitory has been changed to a Jihadi seminary recently, and they have been told to leave the building soon. Around 300 students who are living in the dormitory said the decision will force them to give up university, saying they are

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Posted in Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Panjshir |
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Can Online Education, Work Bypass Taliban Barriers for Afghan Women?

12th May, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News May 12, 2023 WASHINGTON — As the pandemic-related remote work model fades in most parts of the world, women in Afghanistan have found the practice a potential remedy to the Taliban’s ban on women being employed outside the home. Women employed by the United Nations and other international aid agencies are often

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Taliban Diplomat Defends Policies, Insists Afghan Women Education Ban Not ‘Permanent’

9th May, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 8, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The chief diplomat of Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban insisted Monday that his government had not banned girls’ education “permanently,” while women continue to work in different sectors across the country. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi addressed a seminar in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, to wrap up a four-day

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Posted in Afghan Women, China-Afghanistan Relations, Economic News, Education, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Amir Khan Muttaqi |
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Taliban Exclude Women From ‘Supplementary Exam’ of MoPH

3rd May, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that only male students are allowed to participate in the ‘Supplementary Exam’ to pursue their specialized study fields. The announcement comes following the ban of female university students from the Medical Council’s ‘Exit Exams’ prompting massive reactions, and being described as a gender-based discrimination. Click here to

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Health News, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Banned From School, Teenage Afghan Girls Turn To Taliban-Run Madrasahs

27th April, 2023 · admin

Ahmed Hanayesh Mansoor Khosrow Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 26, 2023 A group of girls wearing black face veils silently enter a madrasah in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghor. Inside the Islamic seminary, dozens of teenage girls sit on the floor, rocking back and forth, as they recite the Koran, Islam’s holy book. Among them

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Ghor, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Center Offers Hope And Healing For Female Afghan Refugees In Tajikistan

18th April, 2023 · admin

For Afghan women struggling with the pressures of living in Tajikistan as refugees, the Ariana Learning Center is a source of hope and healing. Located in the city of Vahdat, some 20 kilometers east of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, the center offers computer, language, and art training while providing psychological counseling. The UNHCR, the United

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Refugees and Migrants, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban closes education centers, institutes supported by non-government groups in southern Afghanistan

17th April, 2023 · admin

AP: Afghan authorities are closing education centers and institutes supported by non-governmental groups in the south until further notice, officials said Monday. The centers are mostly for girls, who are banned from going to school beyond sixth grade. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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