Afghanistan: Taliban Minister urges leadership to reopen school education for girls

Jan 20, 2025, at 06:08 pm

A senior Taliban minister has criticised the Afghanistan government's policy of prohibiting education for women in the South Asian country, a rare stance by the rulers of the nation which has been facing persistent international pressure for taking such a measure after forcibly coming to power in 2021.

Afghanistan: Taliban adds more compulsory religion classes for university students

Aug 20, 2022, at 12:18 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban regime has said university students will need to attend  compulsory Islamic studies classes.

European Parliamentary condemns Taliban govts decision to ban girl education

Apr 09, 2022, at 11:51 pm

Kabul: The European Parliament recently condemned the recent ban imposed by the Taliban government on girl education in the country.