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UN Chief to Host Meeting on Afghanistan:

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 19, 2023 at 7:38 PMUN Dep. Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN plans to arrange a conference with various envoys to discuss granting recognition to the Islamic Emirate. “And out of that, we hope that we’ll find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition [of the Taliban], a principled recognition,” Mohammed said. “Is it possible?…

Calls Mount to Reopen Afghan Schools for Girls:

By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews, March 25,2023 at 7:40 PMFemale students in Kabul said on the opening day of the 1402 academic year that they once again felt hopeless as a result of the closing of their schools. They asked the Islamic Emirate to reopen girls’ schools above sixth grade across the country. Maryam, who was waiting for the schools to open along with thousands other students, said: “Why are schools closed to girls? When…

Taliban free Afghan educator who protested women´s university ban: aide

AFP report March 07, 2023KABUL: Afghanistan´s Taliban authorities have freed a detained academic, his aide told AFP on Monday, months after he used a television appearance to protest the ban on women´s university education. In December, veteran journalism lecturer Ismail Mashal tore up his degree certificates on live TV and denounced the Taliban´s treatment of women in a clip that went viral in Afghanistan. He was detained in February after domestic channels showed him carting…

National University: Higher education in colleges in shambles

by Mustak Ahmed in Prothom Alo, Feb 28, 2023Century old MC College in Sylhet started honours course in Statistics department under the National University (NU) in 2004-05 academic session. The college launched masters course of the same department in 2011 session. Also the college has degree (pass course) and higher secondary level where statistics is taught. Strikingly, there are only four posts of teachers in the department and only one of them is available since…