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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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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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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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Afghanistan’s justice system is continuing to fail female victims of violence and sex crimes.

Improved Afghan law still fails victims of sex crimes and violence against women, UN report finds

7 December 2020

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A mosque in Khair Khana, Kabul , Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: More action needed to stop killings of human rights defenders

14 August 2020

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Afghan Journalist, Sabawoon Kakar, is laid to rest after a bomb attack in Kabul on 30 April 2018, which killed eight other journalists.

Afghanistan: UN expert condemns killing of journalists as ‘attack on right to know’

1 May 2018

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