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The Taliban has allowed girls who were in the last year of school to take university entrance exams. But the militant group has banned them from applying for many courses, including journalism, engineering, and economics.
Nearly 60 people, mostly girls and women, were killed when a suicide bombing ripped through an education center in Kabul on September 30. Among the victims were 18-year-olds Marzia and Hajar, childhood friends who were taking practice exams in preparation for university.
In Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, the Taliban is conducting inspections of girls' schools and expelling students who are 13 or over. The move is part of the Taliban's enforcement of its ban on pubescent girls attending school.
Afghan women have staged protests in major cities across the country in the largest demonstrations against Taliban rule in months. They have protested the Taliban's ban on girls' education and the inability of its government to protect religious minorities, despite mounting Taliban violence.
Several dozen Afghans, mostly women, protested on October 1, one day after a suicide bombing killed dozens of mostly female students preparing for university entrance exams in Kabul. Most of the victims were from the minority Hazara community.
Several dozen Afghans, mostly women, have protested after a suicide bombing killed dozens of mostly female students preparing for university entrance exams in Kabul.
A suicide bomber struck a packed education center in the Afghan capital on September 30, as students worked on a practice university entrance exam.
A suicide bombing struck an education center in a Shi'ite neighborhood of the Afghan capital on September 30, killing 20 people and wounding 27, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief said.
Many Afghans are no longer willing to eat out, as many have stopped going to restaurants because of Taliban harassment. The militants mainly target couples, often demanding that they prove they are married.
The Taliban has released U.S. engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Washington freeing a senior Taliban figure.
Following the unexpected closure of girls' schools in an eastern Afghan province that had only recently reopened, Afghans have demonstrated their support for girls' education on the streets and online.
Amnesty International says its initial investigation validates the authenticity of videos shared on social media depicting what appears to be extrajudicial executions carried out by the Taliban of members of a resistance group operating mainly out of the Panjshir Valley.
The United Nations says it is "gravely concerned" by video that appears to show Taliban militants executing captured members of an Afghan resistance group.
Dozens of girls protested in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia Province on September 10 after Taliban authorities shut their secondary schools just days after classes resumed.
Afghan Finance Ministry employees who want to keep their jobs under the Taliban are being subjected to a test that gauges their knowledge of Islam. Sources say the ministry is handing out booklets that outline its take on Islam and then quizzing employees.
Turkey has deported nearly 43,000 Afghans this year despite calls by the international community to protect Afghans fleeing Taliban rule. On their return, many deportees face a dire economic and humanitarian crisis and possible retribution under the Taliban.
A large explosion was reported near the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on September 5.
The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the Russian Embassy in Kabul that killed at least six people, including two embassy employees.
In an online video, a young Afghan woman has claimed that a Taliban official beat, raped, and forcibly married her. The Taliban official has rejected the claims. But rights groups have accused Taliban fighters of forcibly marrying Afghan girls and women since seizing power last year.
A blast outside a mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat has killed a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric and more than 20 others attending Friday Prayers.
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