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Students in grades 1 to 6 have restarted school in Herat, Afgahnistan, but girls in grades 7-12 have not been attending classes.

Afghanistan: Girls’ education must be a given, urges deputy UN chief

24 September 2021

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Girls play volleyball at a school in Herat, Afghanistan, in 2016.

UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school

17 September 2021

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A child is screened for malnutrition in Adikeh in Wajirat in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray

13 September 2021

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The UN continues to provide humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, despite the political upheaval.

Taliban response to protests increasingly violent, warns OHCHR

10 September 2021

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A woman walks in Badakhshan, a province located in north-eastern Afghanistan.

UN experts urge Afghanistan’s new rulers to prohibit torture ‘in any circumstances’

2 September 2021

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Trucks from the UN's World Food Programme leave Kabul in May 2021 to deliver food to vulnerable communities.

Afghanistan women’s rights are ‘red line’, UN rights chief tells States

24 August 2021

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks to the Congolese press during a visit to Ituri, DRC (file photo).

Human Rights Council urged to support UN chief’s call for a ‘new social contract’ after COVID-19

21 June 2021

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A family runs across a dusty street in Herat, Afghanistan. (file photo)

‘Disturbing spike’ in Afghan civilian casualties after peace talks began: UN report

23 February 2021

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The Pul-e-Kheshti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (file photo)

Afghanistan: 65 media workers, rights defenders killed since 2018

15 February 2021

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Kabul, the centre of Afghanistan's political and social life (file photo).

Afghanistan: Detainee torture allegations remain ‘alarming’, UN report reveals

3 February 2021

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