According to the Palestinian Education and Higher Education Ministry, 928 teachers and staff of educational institutions were killed, about 4,500 were wounded in Gaza and the West Bank. Almost 200 tea ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

A ban on smartphones in schools issued by Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan came into force, students and teachers confirmed on June 18, over concerns of "focus" and "Islamic law." The ...

A ban on smartphones in schools issued by Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan came into force, students and teachers confirmed to AFP on Wednesday, over concerns of "focus" and "Islamic law".

The Pentagon's plan for an accountability review of the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, raises a question with few clear answers: Will we ever have accountability for the war itself?

The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the agency, has deprived 400,000 more girls of their right to education ...

This year, 2,500 girls will be able to attend secondary school in Afghanistan. While this shouldn’t be a remarkable feat, it is: The government forbids girls from receiving an education beyond ...

(This article was originally published in Zan Times on August, 27, 2024) Farahnaz*, a principal who had devoted two decades of her life to education, was forced to leave her school in September 2021.

Pakistan’s frustrations with the Taliban represent a sharp turnabout. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan three years ago, Pakistan initially considered it a strategic victory.

PODCAST After narrowly escaping Afghanistan, a Brown student forms a school for the girls left behind On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Brown University student Khadija Nazari recounts escaping ...

Families lost trust in schools, and many teachers left the profession, leading to the eventual collapse of the education system in the 1990s. The Taliban are threatening to do the same today with ...

His sacrifice will live on. An Army staff sergeant from Staten Island who died saving a fellow soldier’s life in Afghanistan was honored at an emotional ceremony at his old school Wednesday.