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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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).
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