Articles & Analysis

The recent ban by the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education on over 700 books and the removal of 18 academic subjects from Afghanistan’s university curricula—primarily involving content related to h...

In Afghanistan, where schools for girls remain shuttered and universities have locked their gates against women, the internet was the last window connecting them to the world of knowledge. Thousands...

 by Metra Mehran |Afghanistan Metra Mehran is AIUSA’s Afghanistan Advocacy Fellow. After four years of Taliban control, the Security Council is meeting on Afghanistan, and there is still...

In the shadows of Taliban rule, a beacon of defiance emerged: On July 31, 2025, four resilient Afghan civil society organizations boldly launched the "People's Tribunal for Afghan Women." This ground...

By: Sadaf Rahnaward  The recent narrative on the decline of reading culture among girls in Badakhshan is more than a local story; it reflects broader social, cultural, and political dynamics in Afgha...

In the realm of global politics, diplomatic images often act as deceptive masks hiding the screams of organized crimes beneath, challenging the conscience of the world. Recent images from Qatari news...

Four years ago, on August 15, 2021, when the Taliban once again seized power in Afghanistan, a dark era cast its shadow over the lives of millions of Afghan women. Girls' schools were closed, universi...

By: UN Women With each new restriction, women are being pushed further out of public life – and closer to being erased from it altogether. UN Women has compiled 10 key facts which explain the most s...

Author: Heather Barr/georgetown The escalating women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates a gap in international legal protections of the rights of women and girls. The international communit...

Author: Eng.Rahmatullah Mohsini Rahmatullah Mohsini, a graduate in Civil Engineering in 2014 from Herat University, was born in the Nahor district of Ghazni province. He currently lives in Islamabad...

Chapter One: A Deepening Darkness – Four Years of Systematic Educational Suppression Imagine a nation where half its population is not just barred from universities and high schools, but even from r...

By: Waheed Payman | Journalist The Taliban has unveiled its so-called National Development Plan. But in a country where women are banned from education and employment, where key institutions lack qu...