Education Crisis
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Afghanistan
World Literacy Day: Afghanistan’s Education System Under Taliban Restrictions
DID Press: International Literacy Day is being observed on September 8 as Afghanistan’s education system faces a series of deepening challenges. Alongside poverty, inadequate facilities and weak educational quality, restrictive Taliban policies—particularly those affecting girls and women—have added further pressure…
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Afghanistan
UNESCO: 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Barred From Education Since Taliban Takeover
DID Press: UNESCO said Tuesday that around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, deepening the country’s education crisis and threatening the future of its workforce. In…
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Afghanistan
Taliban’s Governance Paradox: Driving Out Experts While Seeking Foreign Expertise
DID Press: Taliban’s recent appeal to Turkey for university professors and medical specialists has highlighted a growing contradiction in Afghanistan’s governance model: seeking foreign expertise while policies implemented by the authorities have contributed to the weakening of the country’s own…
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