Taliban minister who publicly opposed girls’ education ban 'flees' Afghanistan
A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled ...
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Inspiring graduate was first in her family to go to school after fleeing Taliban
A woman whose family fled the Taliban and who became the first person in her family to go to school has graduated with a master’s degree in human rights law. Gurvin Chopra, 23, whose parents fled ...
Why this interior design company is funding underground schools in Afghanistan
The Taliban forbids girls from going to school past 6th grade. The Citizenry brand is supporting 2,500 girls as they attend ...
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Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy
When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned ... Twenty years after the first ban on women’s education ended, the ...
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Taliban reject court move to arrest top officials for persecuting Afghan women and girls
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) Girls attend school ...