TALOQAN (PAN): At least 17 high school girls fell ill and lost consciousness after a suspected poisonous gas attack at their school in Taloqan, the capital of northern Takhar province, officials said on Thursday.
KABUL/MAMYAN (PAN): Nine newly-constructed buildings for schools, benefitting more than 14,000 students, have been inaugurated in central Kabul and Bamyan provinces, officials said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): A master's degree programme aimed at capacity building of 20 senior Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials was officially launched on Sunday, the ministry said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A new building for the engineering faculty of Balkh University was opened on Wednesday when the foundation stones for a girls’ hostel and three faculties were laid on the campus in Mazar-i-Sharif, officials said.
BAMYAN CITY (PAN): Female students in central Bamyan province on Wednesday accused the provincial education director of insulting them, an allegation the director denies.
PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): Transferred far away from their homes, female school principals and teachers in central Logar province on Tuesday accused the education department of taking such actions based on nepotism and ethnic considerations.
WASHINGTON (PAN): A group of five students, including one girl, from western Herat province did Afghanistan proud as they participated in the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and gave a tough fight to their rivals.
KABUL (PAN): Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak on Sunday said some neghbouring countries were spreading propaganda against the current curriculum in Afghanistan.
