Opposition to Girls’ Progress: The Taliban Bar Girls from Exit Exams for a Fourth Consecutive Year

Two weeks ago (April 10), the Afghanistan Medical Council, in coordination with the Taliban-run Ministry of Public Health, held exit exams for medical students—but only for men. According to published…

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“Fifth Academic Year Without Girls; Protest Voices from the Soozan Talayi Literary Association”

Reporter: Mahya Omid With the start of the new academic year in Afghanistan, girls above the sixth grade have been deprived of attending school for the fifth consecutive year. While…

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