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KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Higher Education has directed all private universities and higher educational institutes in the country to postpone registering girls for the

KABUL (Pajhwok): Girls across Afghanistan are all poised to appear in the grade-12 exam that commences today (Wednesday). The girls passing the examination will .

About 98.8 percent of Afghans support the reopening of schools for girls above sixth grade, finds an online Pajhwok Afghan News survey. Only 1.2 percent of respondents opposed girls’ return to school.

Decades of progress on gender equality and women’s rights in Afghanistan have been wiped out in mere months, said Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, on Monday.

GHAZNI (Pajhwok): Many girls gather at a house daily in southern Ghazni province and study as the Islamic Emirate has been not allowing girls education

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two minor girls were killed in a roof collapse incident in Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said Tuesday. Local people and

KABUL (Pajhwok): Members of civil society institutes, political parties and tribal councils during a gathering in Kabul on Thursday called the closure of girls’ schools

ATLANTA (Pajhwok): The decision to suspend girls above the age of 13 from attending school is a catastrophic step backwards for Afghan society. However, Afghan

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it hopes the Taliban government would provide equal education to girls

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan Ulema Association on Monday asked the caretaker government to reopen schools for all girls and create an environment for their education in