1TV: Sixty-two percent of Afghan population is illiterate and only 38 percent of them are educated, according to the Ministry of Education. Insecurity and instability are the main reasons for high percentage of illiteracy in the country. Critics say, over the past 14 years the Afghan government is failed to improve the literacy. Click here to read
Human Rights Watch: A horrific attack on August 25 in Kabul targeted the American University of Afghanistan, leaving 13 civilians dead and dozens injured after a harrowing 10-hour siege. It also claimed another vital educational institution – the country’s sole high school for blind people. The High School for the Blind’s students, 70 girls and
Carla Babb VOA News August 25, 2016 PENTAGON — NATO special operations forces, whom world leaders say have not been in a combat role since the end of 2014, are still out in the field with Afghan forces almost nightly, a U.S. general in Afghanistan said Thursday. “On average, we [NATO] probably have somebody out every
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 24, 2016 KABUL — At least 12 people, including seven students, were killed during a 10-hour assault by gunmen on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. The attack began on August 24 with a large explosion that officials said was a car bomb followed by gunfire as the
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 17, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A new report finds state security forces in Afghanistan are increasingly using schools in Taliban-held areas for combat missions, threatening children’s lives and education. Human Rights Watch in its report released Wednesday has demanded the government take immediate steps to stop putting schools at the center of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 9, 2016 The American University of Afghanistan is expected to reopen on August 9, days after being closed in the wake of the kidnapping of two teachers. The two faculty members — one Australian and one American — were abducted at gunpoint from a road near the university in Kabul on August
VOA News Noor Zahid June 29, 2016 The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan on Wednesday launched a program to help advance educational opportunities for Afghan women. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Promote Scholarship Program will provide aid to 720 Afghan women over the next five years, an embassy statement said. Recipients
Geo TV: The only all-female coding school in Afghanistan is aiming to bridge gender gaps in a society which considers tough work like programming men’s expertise. Code to Inspire is the first ever only female coding school in Afghanistan. Established in Herat in the year 2015 the school now looks to expand in Mazar-e Sharif. Its founder and
Tolo News: A new decree issued by Iran’s Interior Ministry enables Afghan refugees in the country to get schooling for their children free of charge, Iranian media reported. The Afghan families residing in Iran will no more have to pay any fee to sign up their children in Iranian schools, the Iranian Interior Ministry said. Click
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s First Lady Rula Ghani on Sunday officially inaugurated the first women’s educational complex in Kabul (Moora) in an effort to help Afghan female students pursue education in a number of key fields including medical science, computer technology and management. Moora is the first all-girls educational and training complex in the country. Click here to