Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Bennett said he is closely monitoring the attack on the gathering aimed at awarding journalists at Tebyan Cultural Center in northern Mazar-e-Sharif province. The UN Special Rapporteur emphasized the need for increased security measures for journalists in Afghanistan. World News | Attack on Journalists Blow to Freedom of Expression in Afghanistan: UN.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett said the attack on journalists in Afghanistan s Mazar-e-Sharif province is a blow to the freedom of expression, Khaama Press reported.
In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates
The number of students at the institution in Kandahar city has about doubled to around 400 in the past year, driven by the Taliban administration's decision to bar girls and women from most secular high schools and universities, according to staff members who gave Reuters rare access to the madrasa in December. Other female religious schools across Afghanistan have also seen marked increases in enrolment, Reuters learned from visits to four madrasas - two in Kandahar and two in the capital Kabul - and interviews with more than 30 students, parents, teachers and officials in 10 provinces spread across the country.