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Exiled Afghan Professors Say No Return Without Women In Universities

28th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

By Khujasta Kabiri Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 27, 2023 When the Taliban seized power, it soon launched a purge of Afghanistan’s universities in a bid to promote its radical Islamic values. Now, facing a severe shortage of qualified university teachers, the hard-line Islamist group is trying to convince exiled educators to return to their homeland.

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UN Chief Urges Taliban to Lift ‘Unjustifiable’ Education Ban on Afghan Girls

18th September, 2023 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations secretary-general Monday renewed his demand for Afghanistan’s Taliban to allow teenage girls to attend high school. “This is an unjustifiable violation of human rights that inflicts long-lasting damage on the entire country,” Antonio Guterres said on X (formerly Twitter). “Girls belong in school. Let them back

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Kamal ud-din Behzad Gallery in Herat closed for teaching calligraphy to girls

6th September, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Kamal ud-din Behzad Gallery in Herat, Afghanistan, has been closed by the Department of Promotion and Virtue of Taliban due to teaching calligraphy to two young girls, sources said. Officials at the Behzad Gallery in Herat have told the media outlets that the gallery’s door has been shut down by the Taliban’s Department of

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education | Tags: Herat, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Afghan Students in India Face Risks of Imprisonment and Expulsion

27th August, 2023 · admin

8am: Hundreds of Afghan students in India are voicing their frustration over their uncertain situation. These students claim that their scholarships for the academic year 2023-2024 haven’t been extended. Despite their persistent efforts, the Taliban Ministry of Higher Education, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, and the Indian Council

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Posted in Education, India-Afghanistan Relations |
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2 years of education denied: Afghanistan girls forced into seminaries and marriages

23rd August, 2023 · admin

Khaama: It has been two years since the de facto administration took control of Afghanistan, and various segments of society continue grappling with this political shift’s impact. However, what the young female students endure goes beyond mere deprivation – it is a profound and unjust cruelty. Following the transition from the republican system to the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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‘My goals in life vanished’: Afghan students rocked by US visa denials

19th August, 2023 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Yalda Azamee blinked back tears as she stared down at the American consular officer. “He did not even give me a chance to explain myself; he rejected me right away. He didn’t even look at my documents,” she said, rushing out of the US embassy building on to the streets of Islamabad

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Refugees and Migrants, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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UN Envoy to ICC: Prosecute Taliban for Banning Girls’ Education

16th August, 2023 · admin

Margaret Besheer VOA News August 15, 2023 NEW YORK — The United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should investigate and pursue charges against the Taliban for their denial of basic rights to Afghan women and girls. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial of education

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Education, Human Rights, UN-Afghanistan Relations |
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Islam Does Not Ban Girls’ Education. So Why Does The Taliban?

13th August, 2023 · admin

Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 13, 2023 The education of girls and women is universally accepted in more than 200 countries and territories, including nearly 50 Muslim-majority nations. But Afghanistan’s hard-line Islamist Taliban rulers have banned teenage girls from attending school after the sixth grade since they returned to power two years ago.

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Muslims and Islam, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Obaidullah Baheer, Pashtun dominated Taliban government, Pashtuns, Taliban war on women |
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Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it’s ok, official says

12th August, 2023 · admin

AP: The Taliban barred women from campuses last December, triggering global outrage. Girls had been banned from school beyond sixth grade soon after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. Afghanistan is the only country in the world with bans on female education. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Taliban | Tags: Taliban war on women |
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Taliban bans girl students from attending school beyond third grade

6th August, 2023 · admin

The Independent (UK): The local Taliban officials have reportedly banned girls over 10 years of age from attending primary school classes in some provinces of Afghanistan in its latest set of restrictions against female education. Officials from the Taliban-ruled Ministry of Education have told the principals of schools and short-term training classes in Ghazni province

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