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Viral Video Claiming Taliban Banned Girls’ Education a Myth as Influencers Flock to Afghanistan

According to UNICEF, 2.2 million girls are currently deprived of their right to secondary education, with hundreds of ...
The Media Line

The Viral ‘Permanent Ban’ Claim, and What Afghanistan’s Girls Actually Face

The punchline, experts say, is that the most viral “proof” wasn’t new. Kabul-based editor Ali M. Latifi says a widely shared ...
India Today on MSN

Should Afghanistan back women's cricket? Rashid Khan breaks his silence

T20 World Cup, NZ vs AFG: Rashid Khan has spoken out on whether Afghanistan should encourage women's cricket in the country.
The Christian Post on MSN

Taliban legalizes slavery, steps up suppression of women and girls: ‘Slide farther backwards’

The Taliban has codified slavery and formalized a class-based justice system in Afghanistan through a newly approved criminal procedure code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Legal ...
Yahoo

Afghanistan’s pioneering female tour guides are opening up the country for tourists

Amidst the ancient artefacts of Afghanistan's National Museum, a seemingly ordinary tour group stood out for one extraordinary reason: every member, including their guide, was a woman. This all-female ...

Since 2021, rule by rule: How the Taliban have erased women from public life

Since the Taliban's return in August 2021, Afghan women's basic freedoms have been systematically curtailed, transforming them into privileges. Girls are barred from secondary education and ...
Yahoo

Female tour guides in Afghanistan lead women-only groups as some travelers return

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...