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Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKABUL (Reuters) -Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed...
Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFemale university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the...
Afghan women weep as Taliban fighters enforce university ban
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTaliban security forces in the Afghan capital on Wednesday enforced a higher education ban for women...
Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her...
The Women of Afghanistan Won't Be Silenced Anymore
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfghan people stand with food aid being distributed by a non-governmental organization at a gymnasium in Kabul on Jan. 17, 2023. At least three leading...
The Taliban In Afghanistan Is Still Preventing Girls From Getting Above A Sixth-Grade Education, So...
BuzzFeed News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSodaba Nazhand teaches a class. Courtesy Sodaba Nazhand She was only able to put them off for so...
Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAfghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban's leader has...
Taliban calls for major gathering of scholars which could address Afghan school ban for girls
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA major gathering of Afghan tribal elders and religious scholars which begins today could discuss...
Displaced Afghan students face uncertain future as they await approval to come to US
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFor a group of roughly two dozen displaced Afghan university students, the future feels uncertain....
Sunak tells Taliban ‘world is watching’ after university ban for women
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoRishi Sunak has warned the Taliban that the “world is watching”, after women in Afghanistan were...