Taliban have barred girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade, a policy that has affected over half a million.

Mahtab was just 12 years old when her family forced her into marriage.

“We condemn the Taliban’s appalling assault on the rights of women and girls,” he said on X.

Wazhma, who had been a seventh-grader when the Taliban closed schools for girls above sixth grade, said her dreams of.

Participants in the study urged the international community to increase pressure on the Taliban to lift these restrictions, emphasizing the.

The U.N. and human rights groups have reported that the Taliban's recent decrees focus heavily on limiting freedoms for women.

Their mother, Sediqa, worked for the government in Panjshir under the previous administration and is now the sole provider for.

The ministry’s new rules demand that women cover all parts of their bodies, including their faces, and now restrict their.

“Support for Afghan women must be strengthened,”  Mohammed said.