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“We liked the teaching methods, and we must implement the same in the classrooms so that all can learn,” said Shehla, the headmistress at Bibi Maryam High School in Afghanistan. Her statement is in reference to…
Afghanistan
17 October 2012 | Kabul, Afghanistan U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham and the representatives of Kabul and Al Biruni universities attended the inauguration ceremony today at Kabul University to celebrate the establishment of three legal clinics, two…
Afghanistan
Urgent assistance needed to avoid deaths among displaced during cold Urgent steps are needed if Afghanistan is to avoid a repeat of the deaths among children and adults in the country’s displacement camps that occurred during last…
Afghanistan
New York, 16 October 2012 – United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, expressed grave concern regarding reports that three children might have been among the casualties following an ISAF airstrike in…
Afghanistan
15 October 2012 - Last week, radio stations across Afghanistan broadcast programmes raising awareness against one of the critical social problems of the country: underage marriage of girls. Local radio stations in Baghlan, Balkh, Bamyan, Ghazni, Herat,…
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Publish Date: Oct 11, 2012 11 October, 2012 - President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a girls’ school in Ghondak village of Shiber district in Bamyan province and added, “These evil acts are done…
Afghanistan
October 10, 2012 - President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Anwarulhaq Sahibzada, Principal of Nogarkhail High School in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province. According to officials at the Ministry of Education, in a terrorist…
Afghanistan
Kabul, 11 October 2012 - In Afghanistan child marriage is a harsh reality for too many young women. More than 46 per cent of Afghan women are married before age 18, according to the Afghanistan Multiple…
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Child Marriage in Southern Asia: Context, Evidence and Policy Options for Action Child marriage is not only a violation of a girl’s rights; it also seriously compromises efforts to reduce genderbased violence, advance education, overcome poverty and…
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SC/10786 Security Council 6843rd Meeting (AM) Welcoming national assumption of security responsibilities in Afghanistan while acknowledging continued challenges in completing that process, the Security Council this afternoon decided to extend the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)…
