‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women

In the five years since the Taliban’s return to power, the walls have been closing in on the women and girls of Afghanistan. As the regime has tightened its grip, it has banned girls from education after the age of 12, ejected many women from the workplace and created legal frameworks for child marriage and husbands beating their wives. Taliban rule has ushered in a new era of women being whipped for minor infractions and constant inspections by ‘vice and morality’ officials, with men compell...

By Guardian Staff

UNESCO says 2.4 million Afghan girls denied access to further education

UNESCO says the figure could reach four million by 2030 unless Taliban reverses policy.

2.4 million Afghan girls banned from schools 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says

Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, urging an end to such “discrimination”. The Taliban administration, recognised solely by Russia, has imposed a series of restrictions on women that the United Nations has characterised as “gender apartheid”. Girls cannot study beyond primary school, a policy the Taliban authorities justify based on their interpretation of Islam...

By Agence France-Presse

'I hide to cry': Torment of Afghan fathers as daughters deprived of education

Father after father AFP spoke to in Afghanistan about the education ban that stops their daughters from going beyond primary school choked up in despair. The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fathers questioning the ruling. The Taliban authorities justify the ban — the only one of its kind in the world — on their interpretation of Islamic law. But “you will never find in the Quran that educa...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Torment of Afghan fathers as daughters deprived of education

A U.N. poll found 90% of Afghan men wanted girls to go to secondary school, with nearly two thirds considering it "pious" for fathers to support a daughter's education.

'This regime does not want educated people': Afghan fathers grieve daughters' lost education

UN estimates one million girls affected by restrictions as fathers seek underground schools, computer courses

By AFP