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.

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Afghanistan. Politics, business, sports, and culture updates in English – ...

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.

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.

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.

Afghan women took entrance exams for Kabul University on Wednesday for the first time since the fall of the Taliban, who banned female education. Competition for places at the university was so ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 of students preparing for the tests. Since the ...