It has been nearly two years since the U.S. military withdrew in hasty, haphazard fashion from Afghanistan and many questions have been left unanswered. Some of these questions have been answered by a U.S. Marine,…
Topic: Afghanistan
Taliban keeps ban on international aid groups’ involvement in women’s education
An organization associated with the United Nations, UNICEF, voiced its concerns that the Taliban government is pushing out international aid organizations from Afghanistan’s education sector, particularly when it comes to educating women and girls. The…
Taliban keeps education bans in place for women
As the new academic year started in Afghanistan, the Taliban continues to maintain its ban on female students attending classes in high school. According to Taliban’s Education Minister, Habibullah Agha, the highest grade level open…
United Nations meets with Afghanistan education official in charge of college ban
Several weeks after the Taliban imposed a ban on women attending colleges and universities, the United Nations met with the Taliban to plead their case to revoke the ban. United Nations envoy Markus Potzel met…
Taliban wages war on women, bans college education
It took three months, but the Taliban officially banned women from obtaining a college education since retaking power in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the Taliban made the decision to bar women from going to college, effective…
Taliban’s war on women: Women blocked from taking specific college entrance exams
Thanks to President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban retook power and has since imposed strict Islamist policies on Afghans, which includes restrictions on women’s education. College test takers were surprised to find…
Taliban continues its War on Women in education
With out-of-control inflation, rising rent prices, and teetering economy, the Biden administration has its hands full when it comes to crisis management. But, one of its recent foreign policy decisions continues to spiral out-of-control, which…
Girls, women suffer under Taliban rule in Afghanistan after Biden’s withdrawal
The disastrous withdrawal by the U.S. military from Afghanistan had many consequences, with one major consequence being the Taliban closing schools and classes meant for women. NPR reported that Afghan women are holding secret schools…
Academics back Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal despite chaos
Videos of Afghans climbing walls and standing on active airport runways in the capital city of Kabul have fueled the ongoing debate about the Biden administration’s rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan. There have been unconfirmed reports…
Intelligence Chiefs Visit Washington D.C. for George Washington-CIA Conference
Three intelligence officials visited the joint Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University (GWU) conference. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, chief of intelligence for Afghanistan’s national government, Nick Warner of Australia’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and…