Taliban deputy urges leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...
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A Bold Stand: Senior Taliban Deputy Defies Supreme Leader, Calls for Lifting Ban on Girls’ Education
“The ban on girls’ education must be lifted without delay, as it has no foundation in Islam and is wholly unjustified in ...
Taliban reject court move to arrest top officials for persecuting Afghan women and girls
An Afghan women's group is welcoming the decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their ...
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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for Muslim girls' education summit
The summit was snubbed by Afghanistan, where girls are banned from attending school. The summit has brought together education leaders from Muslim-majority countries, but has been snubbed by ...
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Taliban deputy says there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls
In Afghanistan, women and girls can only be ... said Stanikzai had periodically made statements calling girls' education a right of all Afghan women. "However, this latest statement seems to ...
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Taliban Leader Demands End to Education Ban for Girls
As reported by Arshad Mehmood, Stanikzai’s bold appeal is the first public challenge from a senior Taliban leader against the ...
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Taliban deputy presses leader to end education bans on Afghan women and girls
In Afghanistan, women and girls can only be ... said Stanikzai had periodically made statements calling girls’ education a right of all Afghan women. “However, this latest statement seems ...