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[10] [11] In 2023, the Taliban arrested female education campaigner Matiullah Wesa after he traveled to remote parts of the country to improve access to education for all children. The Taliban previously arrested another outspoken critic of the ban on women's education Ismail Mashal in February, but he was released from custody on March 5. [60]
The Taliban takeover of the country also impacted women's education and employment. [12] In October 2021, many women who had studied or instructed at Kabul's universities feared that they would not be able to return under the Taliban. [13] As of September 2021, women and girls were still barred from enrolling in secondary education. [14]
[1] [2] The IOC did not allow Taliban officials to participate at the Olympics and only recognizes the Afghan NOC as the representative of Afghan athletes. [3] In June 2024, Afghanistan announced a six-person, gender-balanced team of athletes competing in athletics, cycling, judo, and swimming, including three veterans of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
When the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban began taking away freedoms women had enjoyed for 20 years. These female cyclists had to flee for their safety.
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastHERAT, Afghanistan—“It’s like being under siege” is how one medicine student, who The Daily Beast is referring to as Fatima, describes ...
In October 2001, the U.S. and its allies invaded Afghanistan after the Taliban refused to hand over the Al Qaeda leader and author of 9/11. By December, the Taliban had surrendered control of the ...
[11] [12] Afghanistan returned to the Asian Games after the fall of the Taliban government in the midst of an ongoing war. [13] In June 2003, the IOC lifted the suspension imposed on Afghanistan during the 115th IOC Session in Prague. [14] Afghanistan status unclear for the future participation since brought under the political turmoil. [15]
The U.S. government has condemned the Taliban for ordering the suspension of medical education for women and girls in Afghanistan. U.S., and some Taliban, condemn move to suspend medical education ...