By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 20, 2022 The Taliban allowed thousands of Afghan girls and women to take university entrance exams last week. But the militant group has banned them from applying for many courses, including journalism, engineering, economics, and many social and natural sciences. The move has limited the career prospects of many women and
CTVNews: This is a story about how one U.S. Marine became fiercely determined to bring home an Afghan war orphan, and praised it as an act of Christian faith to save her. Letters, emails and documents submitted in federal filings show that he used his status in the U.S. Armed Forces, appealed to high-ranking Trump
The New Arab: New restrictions imposed by the Taliban have also had an impact on children’s mental health, especially for girls. The restrictions mean many girls have been excluded from school, socialising and going to parks and shops. The economic crisis has also forced some girls into early marriage as their parents need the money
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 18, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A large group of women activists in Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday staged a protest rally against the expulsion of dozens of female students from a Kabul University hostel by Taliban authorities. The demonstrators, including students, gathered outside the university campus, chanting, “Education is our red line” and “silence
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2022 The United Nations’ new special representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbaeva has met with high-ranked officials of the Taliban-led government to discuss a “broad range of issues, including international assistance, drug abuse, and the importance of girls’ education,” the UN said on October 16. According to the UN Assistance Mission in
8am: The scores of the global hunger index are given based on the indicators of malnutrition, child stunting, and mortality, and the score of these indicators is calculated on a 100-point scale. Based on this report, 29.8% of Afghan people suffer from malnutrition and 5.8% of children die younger than the age of five, and
Khaama: Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, dubs Afghanistan the “only country on the planet” to deny girls access to education, warning of the devastating impact of the Taliban action. “This is absolutely a shameful situation which makes Afghanistan the only country on the planet which systematically denies
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 6, 2022 Razia was expelled from her school in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar last month. The Taliban told the 14-year-old that she was “told old” to study. “I’m not alone,” she told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “Many girls my age have been forced out of school.” In recent weeks, the
Tolo News: The International Rescue Committee head voiced concerns over global food insecurity, saying that more than 345 million people are facing food insecurity due to climate crises, conflicts and as well as people being unable to “afford to buy food.” “Globally, we’re facing a more than doubling of extreme hunger around the world– 345
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Female students in Afghanistan took to the streets for a third day in a row Monday to seek justice for victims of last week’s suicide bombing of an education center in Kabul, as the death toll continues to rise. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said