Afghanistan bans girls from attending school beyond the primary level. Education advocate Somaya Faruqi is working to protect ...

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan ...

Somaya Faruqi left Afghanistan two years ago, at age 19. Today she is seizing the opportunity to advocate for girls’ education on a global stage — and sharing messages the world needs to hear. Somaya ...

Three years ago, Roya was well on her way to her lifelong dream of a career in medicine. She excelled in her high school classes and took extra tutoring sessions to prepare for the Kankor or ...

Afghanistan's Taliban regime arrested a well-known education campaigner this week for his work and for holding "meetings with Westerners," as the Islamic hardliners continue their efforts to stamp out ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. “I want” – the girl stops ...

Whatever your view of the U.S. decision to end America's longest war and withdraw troops from Afghanistan, that country's fall to the Taliban in August of 2021 has unquestionably plunged that nation ...

Taliban security forces in the Afghan capital on Wednesday enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access to universities, with video obtained by The Associated Press showing women ...