The Guardian (UK): Despite their promises of peace and stability, the country is on its knees, and its people are desperate “The Taliban are representing the Taliban, not Afghanistan. Half of the population has not been represented in government at all in the past nine months,” said the Afghan analyst. As in 2001, whole ethnic,
Tolo News: “In the past, the number of students attending universities reached 10 to 11,000, but after the political change in the country the number dropped to 4 to 5,000,” said Samiullah Danishyar, head of the Union. Meanwhile, officials at private universities in Kunduz said that the number of female students had dropped by 70%.
Tolo News: A delegation of Pakistani Islamic clerics who recently visited Kabul said it urged the Islamic Emirate to reopen schools for female students beyond grade six, according to the country’s media outlet Geo News. “In our meeting with the Afghan Taliban, we stressed that you must open girls’ schools and colleges so they can
Margaret Besheer VOA News July 25, 2022 The U.N. Women’s agency representative in Afghanistan said Monday that the rollback on women’s rights in that country is an “alarm bell” to the world that shows how decades of progress can be wiped away in months. “Anywhere in the world, the act of walking outside your front
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 20, 2022 The United Nations says that almost one year since the Taliban take-over, the situation of human rights in Afghanistan has worsened considerably despite an overall significant reduction in armed violence. The Human Rights In Afghanistan report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), published on July 20, highlighted
8am: Local sources in Parwan Province told Hasht-e Subh on Wednesday (July 13th) that the Taliban have also ordered students not to come to school wearing official uniforms. According to the new order of the Taliban, if pupils enter classrooms without hats, they will be prevented by the teachers. Click here to read more (external
Ariana: A number of Kabul University students raised their concerns on Sunday and said in addition to a shortage of lecturers and professors, they also have very little purified drinking water and that hostel accommodation is overcrowded. The students say that many professors have left the country and those who are now teaching do not
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi July 8, 2022 For nearly two decades, foreign scholarships provided a golden opportunity for many Afghans to acquire knowledge, new skills, and degrees that few universities in Afghanistan offered. Women particularly benefited from such international education, which allowed them to establish or enhance their careers. The foreign experience also propelled many to
8am: Local sources in Samangan province have reported that the Taliban have ordered private schools in this province to close girls’ classes above the sixth grade. Female students at private schools say that they are disappointed about their future after hearing this decision. Click here to read more (external link). Related Male Students Call for
Akmal Dawi VOA News July 2, 2022 With the collapse of the former Afghan republic in August 2021, Azizullah Jahish suffered two losses. The new Taliban leadership fired him from his job as a civil engineer at the Ministry of Urban Development. Around the same time, he was informed that a U.S. Fulbright scholarship he