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Taliban remove 16 directors from post, appoint senior's relatives with rel
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): 16 directors of Afghanistan's Labour and Social Affairs Ministry have been replaced by the Taliban's senior official relatives, who have only religious education degrees.
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Students protest in Kabul as Taliban bar girls from attending schools
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 25 (ANI): Dozens of students have rallied in Kabul on Friday to protest the Taliban's decision to block girls' schools.
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US, allies call on Taliban to revoke ban on girls' education in Afghanista
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision not to reopen secondary schools to Afghan girls, the United States and its allies have called on the group to revoke its decision.
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Blinken asks Taliban to reverse ban on girls' education in Afghanistan
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the U-turn over re-opening girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected the Taliban's excuses for reversing their commitment to the people of Afghanistan.
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US envoy to UN condemns Taliban's decision on banning girls over grade six
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 24 (ANI): Condemning the Taliban's decision to prohibit girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade, United States ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the decision jeopardizes Afghanistan's future and its role in the internatio
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US expresses concern over Taliban's school ban for girls
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 23 (ANI): The head of the US mission to Afghanistan, Ian McCary on Wednesday expressed concern regarding the reports that the Taliban extended their indefinite ban on allowing female students above sixth-grade access to schools.
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Girls education in jeopardy due to sexual crimes at educational institutio
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Recent cases of sexual harassment and murder of medical students in Sindh province of Pakistan shed light on the threat faced by young women pursuing higher education in the country, local media reported.
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Amid Taliban restrictions, Afghan woman provides literacy, vocational trai
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 11 (ANI): After the Taliban prevented the girls from attending school in many areas, an Afghan woman in Kabul is providing literacy and vocational training for nearly six hundred women and girls and that too without any charge.
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Aim is to deprive girls of education, says Siddaramaiah after Karnataka co
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 5 (ANI): After female students wearing 'Hijab' were denied entry into Bhandarkas' College in Karnataka's Kundapura, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday alleged that the aim of this is to deprive Mus
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Taliban must recognize basic human rights of every girl, woman: UN chief
Updated : 1 year ago IST
New York [US], January 30 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the Taliban to both recognize and uphold the basic human rights that belong to every girl and woman.
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Will continue to work for the education of girls: Padma Shri Om Prakash Ga
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Yamunanagar (Haryana) [India], January 27 (ANI): Om Prakash Gandhi of Haryana's Yamunanagar was honoured with Padma Shri on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day for his contribution to girls' education.
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Afghan girls must return to schools in spring, says Hamid Karzai
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 25 (ANI): Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has emphasised that girls must return to schools in spring.
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