Over the past five years, women have been pushed out of Afghanistan’s universities in two distinct capacities: first as students, and later as professors and academic staff. The process was …
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, …
The exclusion of women from journalism and media; weakening news diversity and removing part of society’s reality from public narratives. Restricting women’s participation in the arts; erasing part of women’s …
Five Years Under Taliban Rule: Land Seized From Residents and Redistributed to Supporters Residents in several Afghan provinces have told R.M. Media that the Taliban are seizing privately owned land …
Higher education: Around 100,000 female students have been denied access to higher education, shrinking the pipeline of future women professionals. Secondary education: More than 2.2 million girls remain excluded from …
Ottawa, August 13, 2026: Academics, legal experts and women’s rights advocates gathered at Carleton University in Ottawa to discuss efforts to recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity under …
Since the Taliban returned to power, representatives of religious minorities and some other religious communities in Afghanistan say restrictions on their religious practices and ceremonies have increased. They say these …
Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, former members of the country’s security forces continue to face arrest, torture, enforced disappearance, and killings despite the Taliban’s repeated …
