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Taliban took back control of the country in 2021 and have have barred women from jobs, most public spaces and education beyond sixth grade. File | Photo Credit: AP An Afghan women’s group on Friday (January 24, 2025) hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their persecution of women….
Sequestered at home in a remote Afghan town, 18-year-old Shekiba often roams the house hunting for the patchy Internet signal that is her last link to an education. Shekiba has turned to online learning since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and shut her out of classrooms, signing up for live economics lectures she…
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Afghan school boys attend their first class following the start of the new academic year, at a school in Charikar city of Parwan province. | Photo Credit: AFP “Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20,” the Education Ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year…
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