Afghan university enrolment halves under Taliban

A crashed F-16 in Afghanistan, symbolising Afghan academics' declining optimism

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

As academics are replaced by religious scholars, those that remain fear the worst, while student interest is plummeting, says an Afghan observer

4 December

A covered Muslim woman walks behind some barbed wire

For female Afghan students, overseas scholarships could be a lifeline

Young women’s mental health has been badly hit by the Taliban’s ban on their attending school or university, says a scholar in Afghanistan

17 October

Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home

In the week his sister should have graduated in Kabul as a doctor, PhD student Naimat Zafary describes the reality for Afghan women denied their degrees

By Naimatullah Zafary

20 February

Taliban’s ban on female students at universities ‘heart-breaking’

Decision ‘is in clear violation of Afghanistan’s obligations under international law’, says UN high commissioner for human rights

By Pola Lem

21 December

Afghan university enrolment halves under Taliban

Ban on women attending university further hampering crisis-plagued Afghanistan’s development, warn experts

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

For female Afghan students, overseas scholarships could be a lifeline

Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home

Taliban’s ban on female students at universities ‘heart-breaking’

Sponsored

Featured jobs

Afghan university enrolment halves under Taliban

Ban on women attending university further hampering crisis-plagued Afghanistan’s development, warn experts

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students

For female Afghan students, overseas scholarships could be a lifeline

Tragedy of Taliban’s ban on female students is starting to hit home

Taliban’s ban on female students at universities ‘heart-breaking’

You might also like

Business scholars must play a bigger role in the climate conversation

Athena SWAN is a facilitator of genderwashing

World Academic Summit: call to ‘sponsor’ women in STEM

Public still supports EDI work in UK universities, finds poll

Sponsored

Featured jobs