Taliban rule ‘made girlhood illegal’, says Malala JOHANNESBURG: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made... Updated 06 Dec, 2023 02:12pm
World Banned from school, Afghan girls turn to madrassas KABUL: In a madrassa in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls rock back and forth reciting verses of the Koran... Published 16 Mar, 2023 11:36am
Editorials Kabul: crackdown on women’s education EDITORIAL: Although after seizing control of Afghanistan nearly a year-and-half ago the Taliban had promised a more... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am
World UN rights body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate to address the situation of women and girls in... Published 24 Jun, 2022 07:00pm
World UN Security Council urges Taliban to lift restrictions on women, girls UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to... Published 24 May, 2022 10:29pm
Print Nationwide protests if Afghan girls’ schools stay shut: activists KABUL: Women’s rights activists pledged Sunday to launch a wave of protests across Afghanistan if the Taliban fail... Updated 28 Mar, 2022 10:10am
World Hope and fear as Afghan girls prepare for return to school KABUL: The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on Wednesday prompted joy and apprehension... Published 23 Mar, 2022 10:09am
Print Malala sends letter to Taliban KABUL: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Pakistani Taliban as a schoolgirl, has urged... Published 19 Oct, 2021 03:52am
World Girls return to schools, women civil servants called back in Afghanistan KABUL: Girls have returned to some secondary schools in a northern province of Afghanistan, Taliban officials and... Published 06 Oct, 2021 04:17am
World Taliban say girls to return to school 'as soon as possible' KABUL: The Taliban said on Tuesday Afghan girls will be allowed to return to school "as soon as possible", after... Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am
World UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school UNITED NATIONS: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the reopening of secondary schools in Afghanistan on... Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am
World Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait "Girls study in the morning and boys in the afternoon," the teacher says. "Male teachers teach boys and female teachers teach girls." Updated 18 Sep, 2021 09:15pm
World Qatar awards scholarship to Afghan girls' robotics team DOHA: Qatar has granted academic scholarships to members of a girls' robotics team from Afghanistan dubbed the... Updated 07 Sep, 2021 07:52pm
World Members of Afghan girls robotics team arrive in Mexico Mexico has granted the girls and one of their partners humanitarian visas Updated 25 Aug, 2021 06:11pm
World Afghan girls return to school in Herat HEART: Girls wearing white hijabs and black tunics crammed into classrooms in the western Afghan city of Herat just... Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am