Days after Taliban banned women from attending college and working in NGO's. In Afghanistan, the United Nations security Council said that it is deeply alarmed with the situation in the country. The security council called on the Taliban to reverse the bans that erode the fundamental freedoms of women.

UNSC denounces restrictions on Afghan women; UN calls for equal participation of women

UNSC denounces Taliban government's restrictions on women

UNSC to Taliban: Reverse curbs on women

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for car bombing in Afghanistan. The incident has killed a local police chief. Watch further more to know more.

Car bomb kills local Police Chief in Afghanistan

A day after the Taliban banned women from working in NGOs, three foreign aid groups including 'Save the Children' have said that they are suspending their humanitarian programs in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Global backlash grows against Taliban, NGOs suspend their work in the country

Two days after the Taliban banned female students from university, dozens of women are now raising their voices against the administration and are demanding their right to education. A group of women marched near Kabul University chanting 'either everyone or no one' and 'one for all'.

Afghan women continue to protest against Taliban's ban on education

Five non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including Save the Children, on Sunday said that they will stop working in Afghanistan after the NGOs were ordered by the Taliban to stop allowing female employees to work.

Five NGOs suspend operations in Afghanistan after Taliban ban female employees

Afghanistan: Taliban threatens to suspend NGO licences, bans women from working

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WION Fineprint | Afghanistan: Taliban directive on women draws international condemnation

Afghanistan: Women continue to protest, cry against Taliban ban grows louder

A video of Afghan women using a lane as a shield to protect themselves from a water cannon has gone viral on social media. The Taliban have started to opt for different ways to stop women from protesting against the university education ban in Afghanistan for females.

Watch | Taliban use water cannon on Afghan women opposing prohibition on university education

Just days after the Taliban banned women from accessing University education, women in large numbers took to the streets and staged protests against the decision. To disperse the protesting women, Taliban security forces used water canon on them.

Afghanistan: Women not banned from working in NGOs, continue to protest

Top United Nations officials and dozens of NGOs working in Afghanistan are set to hold a meeting in Kabul on Sunday (December 25) to decide the way ahead after Taliban imposed a ban on women working in NGOs.

Top UN officials, NGO representatives to meet after Taliban ban on women staff

WION Fineprint: Afghan women protest against the University Ban by Taliban

Afghanistan: Taliban divided over ban on women's education; US calls on Taliban to reverse ban

Afghanistan's men have also joined the protest against the Taliban's decision to ban women from pursuing higher education. Male students at Afghanistan's Nangarhar University walked out of their exams in solidarity with their female peers.

WATCH| Male students walk out of exam halls as Taliban ban university education for Afghan women

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is increasingly drawing global criticism after their recent stance of not allowing women to attend universities. In response to this, Nida Mohammad Nadim, the Taliban's minister of higher education, broke his silence on Thursday and stated that the ban on women attending universities was put in place to prevent the mixing of the genders as well as because he thought some subjects being taught went against the teachings of Islam.

As #LetHerLearn protests grow, Afghan minister defends education ban on girls

About 95 miles east of Kabul, at a university in Jalalabad, a senior University official with a reputation of always speaking up without a piece of paper came with "his notes" on December 21.

Afghan women speak to WION as Taliban dismantle their right to education, campus after campus

Afghanistan: Taliban's move of ban over women's education unites rest of Muslim world

A group of Afghan women staged a defiant protest in Kabul against a Taliban order banning them from universities. A protester at the rally said "some of the girls" had been arrested by women police officers.

Afghanistan: Group of women hold protest over ban on university education

After announcing its decision of banning women students from studying at universities, Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration has doubled down on its stance. Nida Mohammad Nadim, Afghanistan's acting higher education minister in his first comments since the announcement of the blanket ban, said women were not adhering to the Taliban's interpretation of the Islamic dress code which prompted the decision.

Taliban double down on women education ban, attack peaceful protesters, invite US condemnation

Things have come a long way for the world since 1954 when India and China agreed on the so-called Panchsheel agreement. Newly minted cooperation between developing countries was then fashionable in the shadow of colonialism.

Talking Turkey with regressive Afghanistan: India can emerge as new-age interlocutor

The US, UK and UN have criticised the Taliban's ban on Afghanistan women from universities. The Taliban have banned female students from private and public universities in Afghanistan. Girls are already banned from secondary school education in the country.

Afghanistan: Taliban fighters enforce university ban; Afghan women deprived of basic human rights

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