The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of girls, a local nonprofit organization said Thursday. Matiullah Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group, Pen Path. Wesa has been outspoken in his demands for girls to have the right to go to school and repeatedly called on the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan to reverse its bans on female education.
Quashing the government order, the judge noted that the question before the top court is whether "we are making the life of a girl child any better by denying her education, merely because she wears a hijab!"
A man from Andhra Pradesh, who donated all his retirement benefits for the education of girls, was praised by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio talk ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday. He said the philanthropic contributions by some people inspire and encourage others to work for people’s welfare. Prime Minister Modi said, “ the mantra of serving society by
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