Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 08, 2023 at 8:43 PMAt the end of the 1402 solar school year, a number of sixth grade girls have expressed concern about not being able to go to school next year. They asked the caretaker government not to prevent girls from going to school in the next academic year. More than two years have passed, and there is still no news about the reopening of school for girls above…
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Report in The Khaama Press Online, November 20, 2023A human rights organization in Afghanistan known as “Rawadari” has reported in its latest release, marking World Children’s Day, an alarming increase in various forms of violence against children in Afghanistan. This includes forced and early marriages, instances of self-harm, and violence within educational environments. The organization “Rawadari,” led by the former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Shahzad Akbar, emphasized in its latest report…
report in Khaama Press online, Nov 15, 2023Sources in Herat province report that the presence of girls in some educational centres has been prohibited due to the failure to comply with the directives of the local government of this province. According to sources, officials from the Ministry of Education, the Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, and Taliban intelligence forces reportedly raided some schools that were teaching girls foreign languages on Tuesday…
report in Khaama Press on line, August 19, 2023On Afghanistan’s 104th independence anniversary, former President Hamid Karzai urged the Taliban administration to reopen girls’ schools and universities, emphasizing that true independence requires educational access for all. Karzai said about the critical role of knowledge and stressed that achieving peace, stability, development, and independence requires acquiring knowledge. Karzai urged all to educate their children, including girls. He called on the Taliban to open schools for girls…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi IN Khaama Press, March 28, 2023Afghanistan University has announced to sell its library due to financial issues which led to the suspension of the private educational institution in the capital city of Kabul. The library accommodates nearly 3,000 books on different principles including political sciences, international relations, law, religious education, economics, security, and social sciences. The library includes bookshelves, a computer lab, equipped with e-books, and electronic search systems which facilitates issuing…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Dec 27, 2022Authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan closed two educational centers in Kabul and Herat accommodating more than 1200 female students. Roya Mahboob, the Founder of the Afghan Girls Robotic Team tweeted on Monday that the Taliban authorities forcibly shut the education centers in Herat and Kabul. More than a thousand female students were taking pieces training in business, Robotics, coding, and Information Communications Technology. Following the…
Educational Inferno
Editorial in The Nation, Dec31, 2023The recent arson attack on a government higher secondary school for girls in Kotka Mambati Barakzai is a reprehensible act that not only undermines educational infrastructure but also poses a threat to the future of young students. Suspected militants targeted the school, located in Miryan tehsil, on Thursday night, setting ablaze the science lab and valuable equipment. This deliberate destruction reflects a distressing disregard for the importance of education and…