Commentaries by Marwa Ghyasi

Under Taliban Education Ban, Afghan Women Languish in a Purgatory of Ignorance and Politics

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Under Taliban Education Ban, Afghan Women Languish in a Purgatory of Ignorance and Politics

April 7, 2023 09:45:42 am

The suffering that Afghan women have endured is matched by only a few other groups in recent world history. – Afghan-American novelist Khalid Hosseini Afghanistan stands alone as the only country in the world where women are systematically denied the fundamental right to education. For over a year now, the Taliban’s ban on female education [...]

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