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What does the Taliban’s ban on education mean for women and girls and how has the world reacted?

The Taliban has indefinitely banned women and girls from primary and higher education in measures that further curtail their rights.

Evening Standard

Family's heartbreak as dad tragically dies just weeks before baby daughter born

Nicki Hart, a soldier with the Fourth Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, had been on tours abroad in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. He was fond dead weeks before the birth of his baby

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh family-run restaurant claim top award just seven months after opening

Shinwari, on Lady Lawson Street, opened in April and specialise in delicacies from Pakistan and Afghanistan. This week, the owners celebrated winning New Business of the Year 2022 at the Scottish Asian Business Awards

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New details: Cuba spy soon to be freed was willing to divulge US war plans in Afghanistan

Ana Belén Montes, the convicted Cuba spy who is set to be released from prison in January, was willing to pass military secrets about the U.S. war in Afghanistan if requested by her spymasters in Havana, even if that resulted in the death of American soldiers on the ground, she…

Miami Herald

Taliban expels female teachers from some schools. So who will teach the girls?

Early this week, the leaders of Afghanistan declared that women could not attend university. Now there are fears the any education for girls is in jeopardy as some female teachers are sent home.

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US warns Taliban of ‘costs’ over university ban for Afghan women

US secretary of state says Taliban is sentencing women and girls in Afghanistan to a ‘dark future without opportunity’.

Al Jazeera

Afghan men stand in support of women after Taliban college ban

More than a dozen male university teachers in Afghanistan have resigned and several male students walked out of their classrooms in support of female students who were forced out of higher education following a Taliban decree.

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Blinken calls on Afghan Taliban to reverse ban on women at universities

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that the Taliban are trying to sentence Afghanistan's women "to a dark future without opportunity" by banning them from attending universities.

Reuters

Young men ‘three times more likely’ to be shot dead in two US cities than in Iraq or Afghanistan

Shocking findings put the risk of firearm-related death in perspective, sparking calls for urgent need for violence reduction policies

The Independent UK

America's Loose Ends in the Middle East

They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.

Reason

Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows

Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation of the Islamic dress code, in a decision that was condemned globally.

Reuters

France and allies condemn Taliban decision to ban women from universities

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the international condemnation of the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan to ban women from accessing higher education. The United States, the United Nations and the United Kingdom have also expressed their concerns.

Radio France Internationale

Taliban university ban on women condemned

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has declared solidarity with Afghan women after the Taliban moved to ban female students from universities.

AAP

KidsOR to set up operating room in Afghanistan to help with ‘desperate need’

Kids Operating Room will open the theatre in Kabul’s Ataturk Children’s Hospital, the charity has announced.

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Reuters

U.S., partners condemn Taliban decision to ban women from universities -statement

The United States, the European Union and 11 foreign ministers condemned the Taliban's decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan, according to a joint statement issued on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Shocked at Afghan Govt’s Decision to Deny Girls Right to University Education

The Saudi Foreign Ministry expressed on Wednesday Kingdom's shock and regret at the Afghan caretaker government’s decision to deny girls the right to university education, reported the Saudi Press Agency. It called on the government to reverse its decision, which has shocked all Islamic countries, it added. The move goes…

Al Jazeera

‘My heart is bleeding’: Afghan women devastated by university ban

The Taliban’s decision to suspend women from accessing higher education has extinguished a rare source of hope for many.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1231: No-trust vote against Chouhan, another setback for Afghan women

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and Afghanistan.

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Tribune News Service

Taliban threaten women at gunpoint after education ban order

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government barred women from attending universities across the country and enforced the order at gunpoint in some places, disregarding global condemnation and inflicting another blow to half its population’s rights.

Reuters

Reaction to Taliban-led Afghanistan suspending university access for women

Afghanistan's Taliban-run government on Tuesday suspended university access for female students, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and complicating efforts by the Taliban administration to gain international recognition.

Evening Standard

Protest as Taliban bar Afghan women from university

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms.Despite initially promising a more moderate rule respecting rights for women and minorities, the Taliban have widely implemented their strict interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia.They have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Female Students Turned Away from Afghan Universities after Taliban Ban

Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education. The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and…

Reuters

Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban

Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education.

Reuters

U.S. in touch with allies over Taliban suspension of women from universities

The United states is in touch with allies over the decision by Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday to suspend access to universities for female students until further notice, the White House said.

ABC News

Women barred from university education in Afghanistan, Taliban release two detained Americans in 'good will' gesture

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers order an indefinite ban on university education for women in the latest edict cracking down on women's rights and freedoms.

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