Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations Sunday renewed its call for Afghanistan’s Taliban to urgently reopen schools to teenage girls, denouncing the anniversary of their exclusion from education as “tragic, shameful, and entirely avoidable.” Since taking control of the conflict-torn country in August of last year, the Islamist group has
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 16, 2022 Caught between the Taliban’s gender politics and a lack of foreign funding, the public education sector in Afghanistan faces the risk of collapse, aid agencies warn. At least $1.5 billion is required annually to keep public schools open for millions of students, to pay salaries and provide other
Akmal Dawi VOA News September 13, 2022 From the world’s second-smallest state, Monaco, to the most populous country, India, representatives from more than 20 governments and international organizations on Monday condemned the Taliban’s policies of shutting down secondary schools and denying other fundamental rights to Afghan girls and women. Even Pakistan, the purported benefactor of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Despite claims by the Taliban that women would not be discriminated against by its new government, the rights and freedoms of women and girls have been dramatically curtailed in Afghanistan, raising alarm among international human rights organizations. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2022 A UN human rights expert says conditions in Afghanistan under Taliban rule indicate a “descent towards authoritarianism” and called for radical changes to stop the trend. “The severe rollback of the rights of women and girls, reprisals targeting opponents and critics, and a clampdown on freedom of expression
Tolo News: While visiting Uruzgan province, acting education minister Noorullah Munir said that people do not want their girls to attend school in the current situation. According to Munir, schools are closed to students above the sixth grade due to cultural constraints, but he emphasized that if a better environment is created, girls’ schools above
Tolo News: Dozens of girls above the sixth grade in Paktia took to the streets on Saturday after not being allowed to attend school in the province. The girls demonstrating on the streets criticized the closing of girl’s schools and again requested that the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] reopen their schools. Click here to read more
8am: A local source in Bamiyan told Hasht-e Subh on Wednesday, September 7, that 40 year old Seyeed Taqi Alavi has abducted a 17-year-old girl from Solij village of Yekavalang District No. 2 for the purpose of marriage. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, incidents of forced marriages with measurable age differences have increased.
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to allow teenage girls to resume secondary education, saying “girls belong in schools.” “Girls in Afghanistan continue to be locked out of the classroom,” he said on Twitter late Friday. The Islamist group banned
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 3, 2022 The United Nations has called on the Taliban-led government of Afghanistan to investigate allegations of the forced marriage and abuse of a medical student by an ex-Taliban official that has sparked strong condemnation by many Afghans. “We call on the de facto authorities to transparently investigate all alleged