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Girls' education ban won't last, Nobel laureate tells Taliban

The Taliban's ban on girls' education won't last forever, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Saturday, emphasising that Afghan women now know what it is to be "empowered".

Bangkok Post

Afghan girls stage protest, demand Taliban reopen schools

About two dozen girls and women protest in front of the Ministry of Education against Taliban decision to shut schools.

Al Jazeera

Taliban Blocked Unaccompanied Women from Flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the Taliban, said dozens of women who…

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Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have refused to allow dozens of women at Kabul's international airport to board their flights because they were without a male guardian

The Independent UK

‘Open the schools’: Afghan women protest against Taliban reversal on education

About two dozen girls and women chanting "open the schools" protested in the Afghan capital Saturday against the Taliban's decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after re-opening them this week.

France 24

Kabul protesters demand schooling for girls

KABUL: About two dozen girls and women chanting “open the schools” protested in the Afghan capital on Saturday against the Taliban’s decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after reopening them this week.

Bangkok Post

Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo

As war in Ukraine creates millions of new refugees, many people airlifted to safety from Kabul last summer are still stuck in UK hotels. We spent six months following three families as they adjust to life in their new home

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‘We suffered for a long time to get an education’: The Taliban reopens schools, but not for all pupils

After promising to allow girls of all ages to attend school, the Taliban has now banned those aged 13 and above from returning, writes Susannah George

The Independent UK

US Cancels Talks with Taliban over U-Turn on Girls’ Education

The United States abruptly canceled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan's rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes. The cancellation of talks was the first concrete sign that recent…

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Exclusive: US cancels talks with Taliban over U-turn on girls' education

The United States abruptly cancelled meetings with the Taliban in Doha that were set to address key economic issues, officials said on Friday, after Afghanistan's Islamist rulers reversed a decision to allow all girls to return to high school classes.

Reuters

Afghan girls sent home as Taliban closes schools

The Taliban has sparked outrage and concern among human rights groups, after it reversed stance and closed secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan. Thousands of young students were sent home, confused and worried about their future. Many Western countries have made girls' education a key condition to resuming financial aid…

France 24

Female ministers urge Taliban to rethink decision on girls

Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world say they're “deeply disappointed” that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on the Taliban to reverse their decision

The Independent UK

China’s Foreign Minister Makes Surprise Stop in Afghanistan

China’s foreign minister made a surprise visit Thursday in Afghanistan's capital, meeting with the country's new Taliban rulers — even as the international community fumes over the former insurgents’ broken promise to reopen schools to girls beyond the sixth grade. According to the official Bakhtar News Agency, Wang Yi was…

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China Top Diplomat in India for First Visit since Border Clash

China's foreign minister was in India on Friday, officials said, his first visit since a deadly clash on the Asian giants' disputed Himalayan border in 2020. The high-altitude brawl in June 2020 left 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops dead, and led to a sharp deterioration in…

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The Independent UK

Many baffled by Taliban reneging pledge on girls' education

Aid groups, media workers and others in Afghanistan are baffled by the Taliban reneging on their pledge to allow girls to go to school beyond sixth grade

The Hindu

After surprise stopover in Kabul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi lands in Delhi

Visits kept secret, first such visit to Delhi after LAC standoff and PLA transgressions began in April 2020

The Independent UK

China's foreign minister makes surprise stop in Afghanistan

China's foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul to meet Afghanistan's Taliban rulers even as the international community fumes over the hardline movement's broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond Grade 6

Reuters

China's foreign minister visits Afghanistan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Kabul on Thursday to meet his Afghan counterpart, a spokesman for Afghanistan's foreign ministry said, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official since the Taliban took power last year.

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Turkey Regrets Taliban Move to Keep High Schools Closed to Girls

Turkey regrets the Taliban’s announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls, the foreign ministry said late on Wednesday, calling on the hardline group to allow education for all. The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would…

Reuters

Turkey regrets Taliban move to keep high schools closed to girls

Turkey regrets the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls, the foreign ministry said late on Wednesday, calling on the hardline Islamist group to allow education for all.

Tribune News Service

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s struggle: it isn’t just the Taliban

Editorial: Girls’ hopes of education have been crushed again. People are fighting for basic rights and freedoms – but also for the means to survive

Reuters

Taliban orders that high schools remain closed to girls is a betrayal of commitments, U.S. says

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday said the Taliban's announcement that high schools in Afghanistan would remain closed for girls is a betrayal of public commitments to the Afghan people and international community.

Daily Mirror

Schoolgirls in tears as Taliban breaks promise last minute to lift medieval education ban

Heartbreaking images show inconsolable Afghan schoolgirls all ready for class in their uniforms cry bitter tears after turning up only be to turned away and told to go straight home

Reuters

U.N. chief warns Afghan girls high school suspension 'deeply damaging'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that Taliban's decision to suspend high school for girls in Afghanistan was "a profound disappointment and deeply damaging for Afghanistan."

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