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Taliban bans TikTok, PUBG in entertainment repression
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 22 (ANI): After banning girls' education and neckties, the Taliban bans PUBG and Tik Tok, leading to entertainment repression in the country.
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Taliban flouting basic human rights in Afghanistan: Report
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 21 (ANI): Ever since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August last year, the right to education, especially for girls, has been a major concern as the Islamic outfit has time and again flouted the basic human rights in Afghanistan.
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Taliban's prohibition on girls education departure from International law
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 20 (ANI): Taliban's announcement of closing secondary schools and high schools for girls is yet another departure by the regime from international law obligation which requires making secondary and higher education accessible to all.
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Punjab: Sangrur SSP to contribute part of his salary to education of farme
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): A Punjab police official from the Sangrur district has decided to contribute a part of his salary to the education of the daughters of farmers who die by suicide due to financial constraints.
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UN special envoy calls for representative governance, access to education
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, in his meeting with Chairman of Afghan Senate Fazal Hadi Muslimyar pressed for representative governance, the need for dialogue at all levels, and access to education for girls and
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In fresh decree, Taliban ban wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 16 (ANI): The Taliban in its fresh decree have asked the students and teachers to stop wearing neckties in schools in Afghanistan, reported TOLOnews.
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UNHRC expresses concern over ban on female students in Afghanistan schools
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 15 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ban on schooling for female students in grades 7-12 in Afghanistan, a member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) Samira Hamidi said that the ban on girls is contrary to their commitment made to the international comm
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Afghanistan: UNHCR official expresses hope for coeducation to bring peace
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Inaugurating a school in Afghanistan's Kandahar, deputy commissioner of the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) Yumiko Takashima expressed hope that boys and girls study together to bring peace in the country's future.
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Afghanistan: EU Parliament Member asks Taliban to lift ban on girls' educa
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 14 (ANI): Taking a grim view of the ongoing human rights violations in Afghanistan, Hannah Neuman, a German member of the European Parliament, called for urgent measures to lift the ban on the exclusion of the girls from the schools.
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UNHCR expresses concern over Taliban decree banning girls from schools
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 13 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over the closure of secondary schools for Afghan girls and their safety.
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UN special envoy blames Taliban's ban on girls' education for negative glo
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 12 (ANI): Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mette Knudsen, during a briefing of the Diplomatic Corps, highlighted that the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending secondary schools has negatively impacted the attitude of the global c
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Western envoys link aid to Afghanistan with allowing girls access to educa
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 11 (ANI): Hardening stand against anti-women measures of the Taliban, the envoys and representatives of the European Union, US, and the European countries in a joint statement have said that the international aid to Kabul will depend on Afghanistan's ability to
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