KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby ...

With schools shut to girls beyond primary level, many in Afghanistan are turning to madrassas for religious education, as ...

On June 11, 2024, a primary school student writes on the blackboard in her school in Kabul, Afghanistan. UNICEF works with partners to support the education of girls and boys in Afghanistan.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s, it also banned girls’ education. Despite initially promising a more moderate rule, the group has also barred women from higher education, parks ...

Afghanistan's school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by the Taliban The Taliban previously said girls continuing their education went against their strict ...

The school year in Afghanistan began without girls, as the Taliban prohibited them from attending classes beyond the sixth grade. More than 1 million girls are affected by the ban, according to ...

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet ...

To facilitate girls’ education in rural Afghanistan, a UNICEF cash assistance program helps low-income families afford books, school supplies and more. Saeed Khanum stands with two of her six ...

Life-changing results. Several organizations are trying to find new ways to offer basic education to women and girls in Afghanistan. Since August 2021, UNESCO shifted to community-based literacy ...

Afghanistan's Taliban government banned girls from secondary school and university three years ago – the only country in the ...