A number of girls in Herat on Wednesday called for the reopening of schools for students above the sixth grade. Holding a painting exhibition, the girls...
Former president Hamid Karzai said in an interview this week that Afghan girls should return to school immediately, stressing that education was needed to help the...
A senior official of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said that the financial crisis is the main reason for girls’ schools being closed. “I...
Many Afghan families would leave their country if secondary girls’ schools do not reopen, Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said on Friday. Hekmatyar, in his Friday sermon,...
At least one participant at a major gathering of religious scholars in Kabul on Thursday called for secondary schools for girls to reopen. “They will learn...
The United Nations on Monday banned two Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials from traveling in response to the restrictions imposed on Afghan women, diplomats told...
Senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) leader Anas Haqqani said once the country’s economic challenges have been resolved, the authorities will look at stamping out the...
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials are working hard to improve the economic situation of the country, Acting Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhwa said...
With the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) increasing restrictions on women and the closure of Afghan girls’ secondary and high schools, the EU Special Representative for...
EU’s special envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday he was told by officials of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) that there will be positive news on...
The acting Minister of Education says that currently 20,000 schools are open to girls and boys across the country and that 10 million children and youths...
Despite the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision to suspend schooling for teenage girls, Human Rights Watch found that a number of girls’ schools, mostly in...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern about the continued closure of secondary and high schools for girls in Afghanistan, saying “education should not...
The Ministry of Higher Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has announced that male and female students will be segregated and attend lectures on...
Almost 80% of Afghan girls are missing out on an education, Save the Children said Friday- almost a month after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)...
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that Afghanistan is the only country in world which denies girls an education. “Only one...
Amnesty International on Monday called on the international community to make girls’ right to education a “red line” during negotiations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...
Qatar’s foreign minister has said that no country has leverage over the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), but that Doha will capitalize on its communication channel...
UN Security Council members in a statement on Friday condemned the recent decision by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) that reversed its commitment to allow...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) move Wednesday to extend the ban for teenage girls to attend school has sparked widespread reaction both locally and internationally....