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Closure of educational centers for blind girls and women in Balkh, Nangarhar, and Kunar provinces.

The Taliban closed English language learning centers and kindergartens affiliated with the Aga Khan Office in Badakhshan Province.

The Taliban Ministry of Higher Education ordered the dismissal and removal of university professors, including at Kabul University and polytechnic universities, citing undefined “Islamic...

Prohibition of girls from participating in university entrance exams.

The Taliban closed an educational center in Ghor Province for teaching girls and arrested the teachers.

Orders to resume university classes for boys in cold regions without female students.

Taliban's decision to enforce gender segregation in Afghan universities.

Taliban begins removing former government teachers in Khost.

The Taliban terminated the employment of six university professors in Badakhshan.

UNICEF issued report at start of the new academic year declaring that 400,000 more girls deprived of education in Afghanistan.

Dozens of private institutes were closed in Kabul by the Taliban.

Order establishing religious schools in Kunduz, Balkh, Herat, Paktia, and Nangarhar provinces, in line with Taliban policies of higher education.

Ban on the activities of all educational institutions in Kandahar and Helmand provinces.

Closure of 200 educational classes in Khost province.

Banning women from choosing majors like agriculture, civil engineering, journalism, veterinary sciences, and geology in university entrance exams.

Taliban's directive to reopen schools for girls from grades one to twelve, with restrictions imposed on girls dress for grades above six and from...

University entrance exams started in 16 provinces without female participation.

Taliban spokesperson for the Ministry of Higher Education reiterated the fatwa banning girls’ education.

Mandatory classes with the addition of five extra religious subjects in universities.

Restrictions imposed on media in Khost to broadcast educational programs for girls above grade 6 through media is prohibited.