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IEA says it’s committed to addressing women’s issues

Marking International Women’s Day, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Tuesday it is committed to addressing the plight of women in the country.
Female Bikers Smash Stereotypes in Daykundi Show

An all-female motorcycle show was held Wednesday in Nili, the capital of Daykundi province, on the occasion of the 16-day campaign to end violence against women.
IEA says girls’ schools will reopen soon

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), and deputy minister of the IEA’s Ministry of Information and Culture, said progress has been made at a meeting of religious scholars and girls’ schools would reopen soon.
Amiri, OIC Officials Discuss Human Rights in Afghanistan

The US special envoy for Afghan women, girls and human rights, Rina Amiri, discussed the humanitarian situation as well as human rights in Afghanistan with representatives of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers for two months

As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, UNICEF and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public education teachers for the months of January and February.
Five members of family stabbed to death in Herat province

Provincial officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in the western Herat province said that five members of a family were beheaded by unknown assailants in Anjil district of the province on Friday night.
UNAMA Concerned by Threats and Restrictions against Afghan Media
Lyons hopes Taliban will put girls back in school

The top UN diplomat in Afghanistan has called for the caretaker Taliban government to launch intra-Afghan talks on national reconciliation.
Ministry Says Schools to Open for All in Spring

Two days after Thomas West’s remarks on girls’ education, officials at the Ministry of Education (MoE) said it will reopen schools for all age groups, both girls and boys, at the beginning of new solar year (March 21).
Afghanistan: Surge in Islamic State Attacks on Shia

ISIS Affiliate’s Targeted Killings Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
UK Cooperates £50 Million for Education of Girls in Afghanistan

The prime minister of Britain Boris Johnson called on the leaders of the G20 summit to further struggle for the support of girls and women’s education in Afghanistan.
IEA say girls schools will reopen after Afghan new year

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government hopes to reopen all girls schools after late March, IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Saturday.
Take Effective Measures to Form an Inclusive Government, Says EU to Taliban

The European Union has called on the Taliban to take prompt, meaningful, and tangible steps to establish an inclusive government that reflects the richness of Afghan society in terms of ethnic, political, and religious affiliations, with men and women in senior positions.
Closure of Girls’ Schools to Significantly Impact US Engagement with Taliban: Price

The United States Department of States has once again reacted to the continuation of the ban on secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan warning that the decision will have significant implications for their engagement with the Taliban.
US claims ‘serious erosion’ of human rights after IEA takeover

The takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamic Emirate has resulted in the serious erosion of human rights in the country, Washington said on Tuesday.
UK's Simon Gass Meets With Deputy PMs in Kabul

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy prime ministers, met with Simon Gass, the UK prime minister's special envoy, in Kabul on Tuesday, the administrative office said in a statement.
Activists in Kabul Decry Violence Against Women

Women activists at a gathering in capital Kabul expressed their concerns about a surge in violence against women. They gathered to mark the end of a 16-day campaign to “End Violence Against Women” in Kabul.
Anas Haqqani: Girls’ Schools Will Resume Soon
Girls’ Schools not Aligned with Sharia Law: IEA Reasoned behind Schools Closure

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan disclosed the core reason behind girls’ schools’ closure adding that the secondary schools’ girls were not aligned with the Sharia law.
US Envoy Urges Taliban to Reverse Decision over Schools’ Closure

The United States special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West has once again urged the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to heed the calls of the Afghan religious scholars and elders and reverse their decision over the ban on girls’ schools.
Girls High Schools Inaugurated in Taloqan, Benefiting 11000 Students

More than 11,000 students will benefit from the new school buildings and renovated facilities that were inaugurated in Takhar province by the Afghan-German Cooperation on Monday.
Man Attempted to Blow Up A Girls’ School Killed By Own Bomb

Security officials in Herat say a man who tried to blow up a girls’ religious school in the province’s Turgundi town was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The Rights of Afghan Girls and Women Are Violated: UN

"Women and girls in Afghanistan need the support of the UN more than ever," said UN.
Kabul Protesters Call for Inclusive Govt

Activists and schoolteachers took to the streets of eastern Kabul on Monday, where they called for more inclusivity in the government.
Women would teach and study at universities before establishment of Pakistan: Afghans reactions to Khan’s comments

Common Afghans, former politicians, Taliban activists, and social media activists took to social media and condemned Pakistan’s Imran Khan’s recent comments over the culture of Afghans.
Karzai: Afghans want girls’ schools to reopen

Afghans want their girls to return to secondary schools at the earliest possible, ex-president Hamid Karzai says.
Thousands take exams for Turkish-run schools in Kabul

Thousands of Afghan students, including girls under grade 7, took entrance exams on Friday for a Turkish foundation in Kabul that runs some of Afghanistan’s most highly regarded schools.
Qatari Official Says Recognizing Govt in Kabul Not a Priority

Qatar believes that recognizing the Taliban government in Afghanistan is not a priority now, and that the focus should be on engaging with the new administration and addressing humanitarian issues, a senior Qatari official said on Tuesday.
US’s West Talked With Karzai, Abdullah on Afghan Issues

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West talked with former president Hamid Karzai and former chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah on a range of issues, West said on Tuesday evening.