Afghanistan

Taliban takeover American University of Afghanistan (AUAF)

In August 2021, when the US withdrew its forces from Afghanistan and the country was taken over by the Taliban, the American University...

Taliban Attacks Afghan Women Asking for Freedom and Equality

Women gathered in Kabul, Afghanistan, demanding the right to work, study, and participate in politics Photo credit: Nava Jamshidi/Getty...

Resources available for Afghan students, scholars, and others

Endangered Scholars Worldwide (ESW) stands by the students and scholars of Afghanistan whose academic and personal lives have been at...

Academics Call for Support of Afghan Alumni

Japanese academics have launched a support network to pressure their government to expand provisional measures for their Afghan...

‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ Afghan Researchers Fear for their safety—and the future of science

BY: RICHARD STONE* Twice the Taliban tried to kill Khyber Mashal**. Its first attempt was in 2009, when the Afghan scientist was working...

Gunmen Ambush University Bus in Afghanistan Killing at Least Two, Injuring Six

On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Gunmen ambushed a bus transporting university students, staff, and professors in Baghlan province, killing...

Gunmen Kill more than a Dozen Students in Attack on Afghanistan Kabul University

Islamic State-affiliated gunmen stormed Afghanistan’s largest university on Monday, killing more than a dozen students and forcing...

Western Professors Freed in Prisoner Swap with Taliban

The Taliban released an American and an Australian hostage on Tuesday after the Afghan government freed three imprisoned Taliban...

Naqib Khpulwak

In Brief Naqib Khpulwak, an assistant law professor at the American University in Kabul, Afghanistan, was among the 16 students and...