The International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afghan girls and women ... Show more
Five key moments in the crushing of Afghan women's rights: Over two years, the BBC has documented women's fear, grief and resolve as their lives are supressed.
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Quick Glance: Five crucial moments in the suppression of Afghan women's rights
- No women seen in the ministry despite claims of their inclusion.
- Girls are not attending school.
- Taliban officials promise the reopening of girls' schools.
- Girls' secondary schools remain closed for now.
The Taliban needs to start an intra-Afghan dialogue but with who?: Inclusivity is important, but more important is not to bring back corrupt officials from the ...
aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/3/28/the-taliban-need-to-start-an-intra-afghan-dialogue-but-with-who
Afghanistan: Hopes fade as universities reopen without women: Male students return after the winter break, a painful reminder to women of their shrinking world.
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Taliban now ban girl students from attending school beyond third grade: Taliban now ban girl students from attending school beyond third grade
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Quick Glance: Taliban Ban Girls from School After Third Grade
- Previously, girls were allowed to attend school until the sixth grade.
- As reported by BBC Persian, the Taliban have instructed schools to not permit girls to attend primary school, even if they are above the age of 10.
- This latest onslaught comes 683 days after the ban on girls aged 11 and above from attending schools and 223 days after the ban on attending universities.
Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban All Education for Girls: Afghan girls and women have been squeezed out of public and professional life since the Taliban takeover last ...
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Quick Glance: Afghanistan: Taliban forbids women from attending universities
- After seizing control of Afghanistan in August of last year, the Taliban declared that there would be no discrimination against women.
- The restriction on higher education came nearly three months after numerous women and girls around the country passed university entrance tests, with many dreaming to careers in engineering and medicine, according to The Guardian.
- @unafghanistan is profoundly concerned by the alleged intention to discontinue university education for women announced today.
- Aside from education, the Taliban has prohibited women from working, according to AFP.
UN in talks about handing over Afghan teaching projects to Taliban: The UN children’s agency said it was holding discussions with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban ...
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The Taliban’s War on Women and Girls | by Yasmine Sherif & Gordon Brown - Project Syndicate
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U.S. in touch with allies over Taliban suspension of women from universities: The United states is in touch with allies over the decision by Afghanistan's ...
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Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from universities: Afghanistan’s Taliban- run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to ...
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Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week ...
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Taliban further restricts women's rights, forcing aid groups to halt work in Afghanistan
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Quick Glance: Taliban forbids female NGO employees from working in Afghanistan
- In Afghanistan, the Taliban continues to restrict women's rights.
- Several women protested their expulsion from Afghanistan's universities in the western Afghan city of Herat.
- A demonstrator from Kabul has gone missing. Meanwhile, the Taliban reinforced their military presence in Kabul.
- Several ladies had previously marched against the freshly announced university ban on Thursday.
- Women who have demonstrated for their rights are frequently imprisoned.
Taliban minister defends closing universities to women: Though high schools in most provinces have been closed, some have remained open and many tutoring centers ...
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‘Bread, job, freedom’: Taliban fire warning shots to disperse women protesting for rights in Kabul
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Afghanistan under the Taliban: Bleak new school year: The Taliban are sticking to education bans for girls and women in the new school cycle ...
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The Taliban Are Letting These Girls Go to School in Afghanistan: The Taliban have not publicized the fact that they have allowed some schools in the north to ...
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Quick Glance: Taliban couldn't abide hearing the phrase
- On Saturday, Taliban fighters beat women demonstrators and fired into the air as they forcefully dispersed a rare rally in Kabul, just days before the year anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.
- Since seizing power on August 15, last year, the Taliban have reversed the minimal gains earned by women during the United States' two-decade presence in Afghanistan.
- Some female demonstrators who sought sanctuary in nearby stores were pursued and clubbed with rifle butts by Taliban gunmen.
- Following their takeover of power last year, the Taliban promised a gentler version of the harsh Islamist rule that characterized their previous tenure from 1996 to 2001.
Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board ...
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Quick Glance: Taliban U-turn on Afghan girls' education indicates serious leadership schism
- "They don't want to actually come out and admit they don't want girls to go to school," she explained, adding that the Taliban imposed similar restrictions on education and jobs during their reign in the 1990s.
- Herat is the only province that allows girls to attend school over the elementary school age.
- "We must keep our dignity" he stated, adding that girls should return to school "as soon as possible."
- According to Deputy Spokesperson Inamullah Samangani, "You will soon see the gates of schools open to girls."
‘Is it a crime to study?’: outcry as Taliban bar girls from secondary schools: U-turn seen as concession to rural and deeply tribal backbone of the hardline ...
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Taliban Ban VOA, BBC News Shows in Afghanistan: VOA denounced the move and urged the Islamist group to reverse it
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Quick Glance: With an eye on Chinese investment, the Taliban are now preserving Buddhas.
- Afghanistan's Taliban authorities are banking on Beijing to convert that rich resource into revenue in order to save the cash-strapped country from punishing international sanctions.
- Also read: The US hopes that the Taliban would immediately reverse the shutdown of females' schools.
- Only months after the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August, Shahbuddin Dilawar, the Taliban's newly appointed acting Minister for Mining and Petroleum, urged his staff to re-engage Chinese state-run companies.
- The Chinese interest is "extraordinary," he says.
Taliban reopens Afghan schools — except for girls after sixth grade: The last-minute ruling said secondary schools for girls would be reopened once an ...
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Quick Glance: After a few hours, the Taliban closes girls' schools again.
- A Taliban spokesman later stated that the girls had been instructed to return home.
- Taliban: Those killed will only be publicly hung if a judge orders it.
- On Wednesday morning, more than seven months after the Taliban took power, girls returned to courses in Kabul secondary schools.
- Only boys and some younger girls were allowed to return to school two months later.
Taliban cancels girls' higher education despite pledges: In a surprise decision the hardline leadership of Afghanistan’s new rulers has decided against opening ...
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Afghan women weep over university ban as Taliban begin enforcement: The country's Taliban rulers a day earlier ordered women nationwide to stop attending ...
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Family of Indian journalist killed in Afghanistan petitions the International Criminal Court to try Taliban for war crimes
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Mobile libraries restart for the first time since Taliban takeover: Mobile libraries restart for the first time in Kabul since Taliban takeover
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Taliban renege on promise to reopen girls' schools in Afghanistan: New York Times: Students were told to turn up to class on Wednesday - then sent home.
nytimes.com/2022/03/23/world/asia/afghanistan-girls-schools-taliban.html
Veiled protest: Afghan women rally in support of the Taliban: They also defended the new government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which has banned ...
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Taliban deny claims girls will be banned from school -- but don't say when they'll be allowed in
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Afghan girls face uncertain future after 1 year of no school: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For most teenage girls in Afghanistan, it’s been a year since they set ...
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Ignoring Afghan women and girls is to do the Taliban’s work for them: It’s been 11 months since the fall of Kabul, and the vanishing of women is nearly complete.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/30/ignoring-afghan-women-is-to-do-the-talibans-work-for-them/
'Don't politicise education and right to work:' Afghan women protest against Taliban government
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Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again: The multibillion-dollar trade has survived previous bans. Now, the Taliban are going after solar-powered water pumps ...
nytimes.com/2022/05/29/world/asia/afghanistan-opium-taliban.html
Quick Glance: Afghan women demonstrate in Kabul, demanding education and employment.
- Since capturing power in August, the Taliban have reversed the minimal gains earned by women in Afghanistan over the two decades of US participation.
- The Taliban promised a gentler version of the brutal Islamist rule that marked their first tenure in power from 1996 to 2001 after capturing power.
- The Taliban have also outlawed marches for women's rights and have rejected UN demands to lift their restrictions.
- Some Afghan women initially protested by pushing up against the curbs.
Three blasts kill at least two in Afghanistan's Jalalabad: Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar, the heartland of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan branch.
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Afghanistan investigates ban on girls' singing: The education ministry is probing a Kabul directive banning older girls from singing at public events.
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Taliban ban girls from secondary school education in Afghanistan: Education ministry said secondary school classes for boys would resume on Saturday
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