UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school

(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the…

Afghan girls take exams for Turkish-run schools in Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan girls took entrance exams on Friday for a Turkish foundation in Kabul that runs some of Afghanistan's most highly regarded schools, despite a delay…

Malala pleads with world to protect Afghan girls’ education

By Daphne Psaledakis UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, pleaded with…

Hard-won rights being ripped away from Afghan girls and women: UN chief

New York [US], August 14 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the violations of women's rights by the Taliban in Afghanistan. "I am extremely disturbed by…