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DEC1-06172024
Taliban spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education reiterated the fatwa banning girls’ education.
DEC1-08162022
Mandatory classes with the addition of five extra religious subjects in universities.
DEC1-08232022
Official decree mandates complete gender segregation in all educational institutions, enforcing discriminatory staff reassignments and restructuring.
DEC1-09012024
Restrictions imposed on media in Khost to broadcast educational programs for girls above grade 6 through media is prohibited.
DEC1-09122021
Gender segregation decisions in universities, preventing coeducation of male and female students.
DEC1-09172021
Opening schools exclusively for boys without mention of girls' schools.
DEC1-10302022
Lashing and beating of female students at Badakhshan University for not wearing hijab.
DEC1-11142024
Declaration that education for girls is Westernized and doesn't reflect Afghan culture and Islamic values. In addition, ban on educational scholarships abroad for all...
DEC1-11272024
The Taliban closed accelerated classes for female elementary age students in Bamiyan.
DEC1-11302024
The Taliban closed local community-based education supported by UNICEF in Nangarhar Province.
DEC1-12042024
Ban on the education of women in medical institutions.
DEC1-12122022
One-day examination and certification for 12th-grade girls across Afghanistan.
DEC1-12202022
Prohibition of girls from continuing their education in public and private universities.
DEC1-12222022-A
Ban on girls above grade six from attending school.
DEC1-12222022-B
Ban on issuing diplomas for female university graduates, unless male family member comes to receive it.
DEC1-12222022-C
Ban universities from issuing graduation documents to female students.
DEC1-12222023
Taliban cabinet formalize nationwide ban on all female higher education, public and private.
DEC1-12242024
Taliban prohibit the education of female students beyond the sixth grade in all educational institutions of Herat Province (public and private schools and education...
DEC11-03012025
Taliban intelligence forces re-arrested nine teachers and closed an English language center and its branches in Daikundi Province on accusations of promoting “un-Islamic culture.”
DEC11-11162024
Taliban intelligence forces arrested four individuals, including two teachers, in Panjshir without disclosing charges.