Academic Freedom

The transformation of Afghanistan’s higher education system over the past five years has gone far beyond the dismissal of professors and the ban on women’s education. The Taliban have introduced …

Over five years of Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s universities have undergone significant changes in both their academic and administrative staff. The previous report in this series examined the scale of dismissals, …

Five years after the Taliban returned to power, the dismissal, downsizing, reassignment and resignation of university professors have become widespread across Afghanistan’s public universities. From Kabul to Herat, Balkh, Bamyan, …