A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million girls excluded from secondary education, a top UNICEF ...

Islamabad: The UN children's agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on ...

Activists are calling on the Canadian government and universities to let Afghan women studying under U.S.-funded scholarships ...

A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing "intensified abusive tactics" in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for ...

operates from France and broadcasts programs that cover the Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade. The Taliban have banned education for women and girls in the country beyond grade six.

An Afghan doctor has opened a Middle Eastern restaurant ... He has been working as a teacher's assistant at East Middle School, and still does, but on Feb. 25, he also opened a restaurant serving ...

operates from France and broadcasts programs that cover the Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade. The Taliban have banned education for women and girls in the country beyond grade six.

The HRW appeal came a month after the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad said that ... including girls of secondary school age and women who will no longer have access to education, according to HRW.