From Afghanistan's Rubble, A Teacher Builds A School Of Ideas : NPR Ed Amid the obstructionism and violence of Afghanistan, Aziz Royesh has set up a school in Kabul that has won worldwide acclaim.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Afghan teachers attend a teachers' seminar held at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak in Afghanistan. Sgt. Andrew Brechko, a New York National Guardsman from ...

As schools above the sixth grade remain closed for girls in Afghanistan, teachers have been pleading with the Taliban to change their stance on allowing them to attend classes. In a call-in ...

The Taliban’s abusive educational policies in Afghanistan are harming boys as well as girls and women, with the departure of qualified teachers and regressive curriculum changes.

The Biden administration’s decision to terminate Afghanistan’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, despite the ...

KABUL — More than 80 Afghan students and teachers — most of them girls — were apparently poisoned over the past two days, local officials said Monday, in incidents that, while causing no ...

Afghan teachers employed by the British Council say they are still in hiding from the Taliban.

Schoolboys are exposing sexual and physical abuse at Taliban-run madrasahs in southwestern Afghanistan. The Taliban has expanded the number of madrasahs in an effort to promote religious-based ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers bar girls over 12 from receiving a formal education, but some brave young women refuse to accept the draconian edict. Latest U.S.

Dr. Najmussama Shefajo's clinic was flooded with new patients after the Taliban banned women from nursing and midwife training courses back in December.

He's also one of 10 teachers short-listed for the Varkey Foundation's Global Teacher Prize — an award billed as the Nobel prize for educators. The winner will be announced Sunday.

Aziz Royesh is a man whose life has been defined by one over-arching ambition: He says he simply wants to be a teacher. At 46, he has achieved that goal in one of the most difficult and dangerous ...