For Saja, studying nursing at a healthcare institute in Kabul was her last lifeline to make something of herself after women ...

Boys - like these ones in Khost - returned to school this week, but teenage girls were kept at home Teenage Afghan girls have told the BBC they feel "mentally dead" as the Taliban's ban on their ...

BBC interviews with students and headteachers in 13 provinces show girls' frustration at still being barred from secondary school, despite assurances from the Taliban that they would be able to ...