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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]
Education in Afghanistan includes K–12 and higher education, [1] which is under the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education. [2] In 2021, there were nearly 10 million students and 220,000 teachers in Afghanistan. [3] [4] The nation still requires more schools and teachers.
During the first period of Taliban rule, only two known Jews were left in Afghanistan, Zablon Simintov and Isaac Levy (c. 1920–2005). Levy relied on charity to survive, while Simintov ran a store selling carpets and jewelry until 2001.
The Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spokesman said in an interview marking the second ...
One thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in a statement urged Taliban authorities to allow ...
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 ...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Left) with Taliban Third Deputy Leader and Head of the Political Office Abdul Ghani Baradar (Right) in Doha, Qatar in 2020. Despite no countries recognizing the Islamic Emirate as the legitimate successor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, there have been official diplomatic talks between the Taliban and other countries since September 2021.
This marks a sharp decline in relations since the fall of Kabul in 2021, when a top Pakistani intelligence official was among the first foreign guests to meet the Taliban regime.