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The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern after the Taliban-led government ordered girls be denied access to high school education amid reports of further restrictions on women and media, including a fresh ban on news bulletins by the BBC and Voice of America.

The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Talibans decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. “The members of the Security Council ... reaffirmed the...

(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay.

The members of the Security Council have reaffirmed the right to education for all Afghans...

Last week, the Taliban backtracked on an announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

The members of the UN Security Council have expressed their deep concern regarding the inability of girls beyond grade six in Afghanistan to return to their schools, as they were promised.

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a choice by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to disclaim ladies entry to highschool schooling

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday called on the Taliban to “respect the right to education” of all female students in Afghanistan.

The reversal was so sudden that the Education Ministry was caught off guard on Wednesday, the start of the school year. Some girls in higher grades returned to schools, only