Yousafzai spoke at the closing session of a Pakistan-hosted international summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities around the world, sharply criticizing the hardline Taliban government ...

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on Muslim leaders to confront the Taliban government in Afghanistan for its oppressive policies against girls and women. Speaking at an international ...

In the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, earlier this month, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders to ...

“The ban on girls’ education must be lifted without delay, as it has no foundation in Islam and is wholly unjustified in ...

As reported by Arshad Mehmood, Stanikzai’s bold appeal is the first public challenge from a senior Taliban leader against the ...

The United States pulled out their remaining troops from Afghanistan in 2020 after years occupying the country, cementing the country to Taliban rule. The new ruling government has instituted a ...

Sher Abbas Stanikzai urges the Taliban to reconsider its ban on girls' education, citing no religious basis for it.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s rights in Taliban-led Afghanistan as “gender apartheid.” ...

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