The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the ...

Religious schools increasingly offer a range of subjects as the mainstream education ban enters its fourth year.

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A new academic year has started in Afghanistan, but girls have been barred from going to school beyond the sixth grade.

A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million girls excluded from secondary education, a top UNICEF ...

An American citizen detained by the Taliban administration has been released, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay ...

A United Nations agency is urging Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift ... The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade.

But in 2021, when the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, Amina's dream was abruptly put on hold. "When my dad told me the schools were closed, I was really sad. It was a very bad feeling," she ...

The Afghan Taliban government earlier this year skipped ... On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," two Long Island schools win state basketball titles and 1980s All-Decade Team member ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday called on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift the ...