The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without ... and numeracy with their shift toward madrassas, or religious schools. The minister also called on students to avoid wearing clothes ...

It's been nearly two years since girls in Afghanistan were banned by the Taliban from entering a high school classroom. But in a brave act of defiance, hundreds of girls attend secret schools to ...

Between 1996 and 2001, under the Islamic group the Taleban, the educational situation in Afghanistan worsened. The school curriculum was restricted, schools were destroyed and Afghan females were ...

has reportedly fled Afghanistan amid fears of arrest. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s political deputy at the foreign ministry, had called on other leaders to open schools for girls and ...