The Quiet Escape of Abbas Stanekzai to India After Criticizing AIG’s Girls Education Ban
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Senior Taliban leader Abbas Stanekzai flees to India amid internal rifts, defying Akhundzada’s ban on girls’ education.
Pakistan Hopes Afghanistan Attends Global Girls’ Education Conference
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Pakistan invites Afghanistan to a conference on girls’ education, addressing challenges in Muslim communities.
BRICS members call on IEA to lift ban on Afghan girls’ education

BRICS calls on Afghanistan to lift the ban on education for women and girls, urging action for fundamental rights and stability.
Women’s Education Weaponized in Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not seem to make any bargains on girls’ education with the international community. There is more to the ban whose end is nowhere in sight.
The Question of Girls Education in Afghanistan

The Taliban regime\’s vagueness on the subject of reopening girls\’ high schools despite repeated promises reflects poorly on their image as an evolved group. The ongoing dilemma may very well be a watershed moment in their legitimacy and viability as rulers of post-war Afghanistan.
International Women’s Day & Realities of women in Pakistan

This International Women’s Day, let’s have a closer look at the lives of Pakistani women. Pakistan’s society is unique and hence the challenges and opportunities women in Pakistan have are different from women anywhere else in the world.
Rights Violations in India’s Karnataka
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Female Muslim students barred from entering their classrooms for wearing a hijab walk outside their college in Udupi, Karnataka, India, violating their basic right.