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Afghan female students walk near Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab ...

A woman sits on the floor of a classroom, nursing her baby while simultaneously taking a high-stakes exam, as dozens of other students around her do the same.

Female university students in Afghanistan were turned away from campuses on Wednesday after the Taliban-run administration said women would be suspended from tertiary education.

Thousands of Afghan girls and women sat university entrance exams on Thursday under the guard of Taliban snipers, two weeks after a bomber killed dozens.

Shamsia Alizada, the daughter of a coal miner, has received the highest test score in Afghanistan's university admissions exam. She will attend medical school.

In a tin-sided shack in a neighborhood here known as Karte Se, a dozen teenagers sit on wooden benches, their thick coats buttoned up against the chill. They are students in an English grammar ...

Afghan women are finding avenues to pursue their education as the Taliban continues to crack down on women’s rights, recently banning female students from going to university. Since the Taliban ...

Higher education was abolished for Afghan women when the Taliban took over Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdrew in 2021. Nearly 150 students enrolled at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh ...

Sara Wahedi, an Afghan tech entrepreneur from Canada, has passed her Oxford University law exam with a distinction.