SOLA now educates Afghan girls at its boarding school in Rwanda and through SOLAx, a free, WhatsApp-based learning platform launched in March 2024. Basij-Rasikh said the platform has more than 40,000 learners, 85 percent of whom are inside Afghanistan.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - As the ban on Afghan women working at United Nations offices in Afghanistan approaches its first anniversary, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Taliban to immediately lift the restriction and ensure safe and unhindered access for female UN staff to their workplaces.
Stephane Dujarric, the UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday, September 6, that Guterres also called on the Taliban to lift all restrictions imposed on women and girls and uphold their rights to participate fully, equally and meaningfully in all aspects of Afghan society.
On May 21, Zakia Ahmad, known as “River,” reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman from Afghanistan to climb the world’s highest mountain. For River, Everest was never only about climbing a mountain.
“When you lock the gates of a school, you are not just closing a building; you are sealing the door to a family’s future,” says Zalfa Mohammadi, an education activist who has spent years witnessing the transformative power of a classroom.
U.S. immigration authorities have deported at least 104 Afghan nationals directly to Afghanistan, according to an analysis of federal removal data covering October 2022 to March 2026.
Europe today faces a challenge that may seem small in scale, but its political and social impact is profound. Newly released reports from Europol, examining the state and trends of terrorism in Europe for 2024, show that jihadist attacks have not only failed to decrease, but their very nature is also changing.
Kenya has become one of the destinations for Afghan asylum seekers, many of whom are now living in refugee camps under harsh and uncertain conditions.
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