Habib Khan

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Founder of Afghan Peace Watch. Formerly with The Wall Street Journal.

Young female students at Kabul University when Afghanistan was not Talibanistan.
The Taliban’s new ban prevents women from studying dentistry, nursing, and midwifery. Despite their general ban on higher education for women, some schools had still been accepting female students in these fields—until now.
I found the original Afghan version of “Bella Ciao”, the iconic protest anthem from Italy, performed by Afghan socialist women in the 1970s.
Girls in Afghanistan are not allowed to attend school simply because they were born female. The Taliban’s ban on girls’ education has now lasted for 1,172 days, keeping 1.4 million teenage girls out of school. #LetHerLearn
The Taliban’s “anti-begging laws” criminalize poverty by targeting vulnerable women, and even children in detention face abuse.
What happens to women when religious extremists take over a country? Afghanistan is just one devastating example.
Afghan Women’s March in 1980s Kabul.
The Taliban has made it illegal for girls to go to school in Afghanistan. For 1,166 days, teenage girls have been locked out of classrooms, denied the chance to learn, grow, and chase their aspirations. #LetHerLearn