Afghanistan: Women students protest outside Kabul University as males return to classrooms

Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new academic session which commenced on Monday.

Co-education is reason behind closure of universities: Afghanistan Minister

Acting minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Abdul Baqi Haqqani has said the co-education system in the country's  universities along with economic woes is a major reason behind the closure of universities.

Afghanistan: Women protest on streets of Kabul against Taliban over closure of schools for girls

Several women assembled on the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to demonstrate against closure of school for girls in Afghanistan.

School graduates of 2000-2020 are of no use: Taliban

Kabul: The Taliban government issued yet another bizarre diktat by which those who have graduated from high schools during the past twenty years are of no use.

Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows

New York: Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Tuesday.

Taliban to change Afghanistan education curriculum as per Sharia Law

Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have decided to drop certain subjects from the higher education curriculum as they do not go with the Islamic Sharia Law.

Study suggests shifts in Afghan attitudes towards increased education and delayed marriage

New York, Dec 28 (IBNS): In Afghanistan’s most underdeveloped regions, attitudes towards education and child marriage appear to have changed significantly since the overthrow of the Taliban government in 2002, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Afghanistan government plans to recruit 30,000 female teachers

Kabul, Nov 17 (IBNS); The Afghanistan government has said it is going to recruit 30,000 female teachers within five years.

Half of Afghan children out of school, due to conflict, poverty, discrimination: UNICEF

New York, June 3 (IBNS): Nearly 3.7 million Afghan children are missing out on school, due to on-going conflict, grinding poverty, and discrimination against girls, according to a new report from the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF.