Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada
The Taliban regime has banned women from education since returning to power.
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Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada
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What this story says
- A group of mostly young women in Afghanistan joined an online literature class.
- The class took place on a recent summer Friday and was organised from Canada.
- The Taliban regime has banned women from education since returning to power.
- No right-rated outlets reported on this story.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 22 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 23 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
35/100
23 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 22 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
On a recent summer Friday, a group of mostly young women in Afghanistan participated in an online literature class. The students joined from various locations across the country. They were eager to discuss a story they had read the previous week. The Taliban regime has excluded women from education since returning to power five years ago.
Coverage
Omissions
None of the left-rated or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific date the class took place beyond it being a recent summer Friday. The full report from Global News included a headline dated January 23, 2026, but did not specify if this was the date of the class. No right-rated outlet ran this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 3 Sept 2026, 15:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
12 rated outlets
- The left-rated reports focused on the online literature class as a lifeline for girls in Afghanistan. They highlighted that the students were mostly young women joining from different parts of the country on a recent summer Friday. The reports stated that the Taliban regime has excluded women from education since returning to power. Global News, in its full report, featured a headline linking the Taliban ban to a Calgary classroom and quoted Sahar on why education is a lifeline for girls.
Centre
10 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports also framed the virtual classrooms as offering a lifeline to girls under Taliban rule. They noted that nearly a dozen students, mostly young women, logged on from different parts of Afghanistan on a recent summer Friday. The reports mentioned that the Taliban regime has excluded women from education since returning to power. Some centre-rated digests added that before the Taliban's return, these women were studying in high school or university.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada?
- Of the 22 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 55% are rated left, 45% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 23. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 22 rated outlets on this story, 55% are rated left, 45% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada biased?
- Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada is one event reported by 23 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Afghan girls attend online literature class from Canada?
- 23 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What happened in Afghanistan?
- A group of mostly young women in Afghanistan participated in an online literature class organised from Canada. This occurred on a recent summer Friday. The Taliban regime has banned women from education since returning to power.
- Who organised the class?
- The online literature class was organised from Canada. The reports indicate that the students were in Afghanistan, joining from different parts of the country.
- What is the Taliban's stance on women's education?
- The Taliban regime has excluded women from education since returning to power five years ago. This ban affects women in all aspects of public life, including schooling.
Read it at the source
23 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
12- Virtual classrooms are organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens National Observer in a new tab)
National Observer — is National Observer biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens thealbertan.com in a new tab)
thealbertan.com — is thealbertan.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
Timmins Today — is Timmins Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Guelph Today in a new tab)
Guelph Today — is Guelph Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold Today — is Thorold Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Midland Today in a new tab)
Midland Today — is Midland Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
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- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
Orillia Matters — is Orillia Matters biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens The Hamilton Spectator in a new tab)
The Hamilton Spectator — is The Hamilton Spectator biased? Our profile of this outlet
- From Taliban ban to a Calgary classroom: Sahar on why education is a lifeline for girls (opens Global News in a new tab)
Global News — is Global News biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Centre
10- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Castanet in a new tab)
- Toronto poet and educator offers lifeline to Afghan girls barred from school under Taliban rule through online classes (opens The Globe & Mail in a new tab)
The Globe & Mail — is The Globe & Mail biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens CTV News in a new tab)
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Narcity in a new tab)
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
Ckpg Today — is Ckpg Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Medicine Hat News — is Medicine Hat News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
CFJC Today Kamloops — is CFJC Today Kamloops biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
meadowlakeNOW — is meadowlakeNOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
Show 2 more
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
Battlefords NOW — is Battlefords NOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Virtual classrooms organized in Canada offer lifeline to girls under Taliban rule (opens Winnipeg Free Press in a new tab)
Winnipeg Free Press — is Winnipeg Free Press biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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