Articles & Analysis

Across the northern plains of Afghanistan — in the villages of Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab, and Samangan — the voices of Uzbek women still echo through courtyards, classrooms, and quiet kitchens. Their v...

Teachers in Afghanistan are reporting a sharp decline in motivation due to the Taliban's arbitrary decisions, ideological interventions, and lack of job security, which are exacerbating an already fr...

On the occasion of International Rural Women’s Day, millions of women in Afghanistan’s remote villages continue to live under conditions marked by poverty, deprivation, and severe gender-based restr...

Author: Engineer Rahmatullah Mohseni Rahmatullah Mohseni, a graduate in civil engineering in 2014 from Herat University, currently lives in Islamabad, Pakistan. He was born in the Nahor district of...

In a historic move, the United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution establishing an independent investigative mechanism to examine the widespread and ongoing human rights violations...

Since seizing power, the Taliban have aggressively reformed Afghanistan’s education system to enforce their strict Islamic ideology. A January 31, 2025, directive from the Ministry of Education manda...

The restriction and disruption of internet access in Afghanistan is not a mere technical or security measure; it is part of the Taliban’s larger political project to enforce silence and build a “sin...

More than four years have passed since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. During this period, the group has faced sustained political, economic, and diplomatic isolation. The international c...

The recent ban by the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education on over 700 books and the removal of 18 academic subjects from Afghanistan’s university curricula—primarily involving content related to h...

In Afghanistan, where schools for girls remain shuttered and universities have locked their gates against women, the internet was the last window connecting them to the world of knowledge. Thousands...

 by Metra Mehran |Afghanistan Metra Mehran is AIUSA’s Afghanistan Advocacy Fellow. After four years of Taliban control, the Security Council is meeting on Afghanistan, and there is still...

In the shadows of Taliban rule, a beacon of defiance emerged: On July 31, 2025, four resilient Afghan civil society organizations boldly launched the "People's Tribunal for Afghan Women." This ground...