Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls are shut out of school beyond the sixth grade, and where women ...

More than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to an education since the Taliban banned them from attending school beyond sixth grade in 2021.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh smiles as she points to the sign in the middle of campus: School of Leadership of Afghanistan, SOLA, a ...

Barring girls from high school in Afghanistan violates their rights and has serious ramifications for Afghan society as a whole. "No country can move forward when half its population is left behind," ...

Girls’ education in Afghanistan continues despite the Taliban ban, as fathers, teachers and families quietly help girls keep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young Afghan girls attend class in a primary school in Kabul. Girls' schools in Afghanistan beyond grade six (age 12) are staying ...

When the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan, they shuttered girls’ schools, segregated many aspects of public life, including the workplace, and prevented women from leaving their homes unless ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions ...

Anay Sabhnani is leading an effort to help girls and young women in Afghanistan get an education following the Taliban’s ban on school for females over age 12 when it returned to power in 2022. The 17 ...

Afghan refugees pass by an outdoor girls’ classroom in Torkham, Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi In the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, amid a backdrop of perpetual struggle ...

Australia has postponed its T20 series against Afghanistan citing worsening ‘conditions for women and girls’ in the country under Taliban rule, the country’s national cricket body announced on Tuesday ...

The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade, making it the only country with restrictions on female ...