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With no access to education beyond the 6th grade, girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools
The country’s Taliban government banned girls from secondary school and university three years ago — the only country in the ...
Afghanistan’s pioneering female tour guides are opening up the country for tourists
One of those visitors is Australian Suzanne Sandral. She originally wanted to see Afghanistan in the 1960s but the pressures ...
Female tour guides in Afghanistan lead women-only groups as some travelers return
Afghanistan is seeing the emergence of local female tour guides, in a country whose Taliban government imposes the world’s ...
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Over One Million Women and Girls in Afghanistan Receive Vital UN Health and Support Services in 2025
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that from the start of 2025 to the end of June, more than one million women ...
Police probe child marriage after girl, 13, 'forced to marry man, 40'
The minor, living in the village of Rangareddy, India, returned from the wedding in May and rejoined school when she broke ...
The Muslim world has been strong on rhetoric, short on action over Gaza and Afghanistan
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is meant to be the ‘collective voice’ of the Muslim world. Yet it has been toothless ...
Dover man who got up close with the Taliban in Afghanistan says eight-day trip was ‘best experience of my life’
You should not travel to Afghanistan,” says the UK government. “The security situation is volatile. “If you are a British ...