Drawing on her own experience of being banned from school under the Taliban in 1996, the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, Ph.D. student, Ghazaal Habibyar, reflects on the renewed restrictions facing Afghan girls today. This powerful op-ed explores resilience, resistance, and the international community’s failure to turn awareness into meaningful action.
I lived through the first Taliban girls’ school ban — watching it happen again is heartbreaking
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