Blast Kills 53 at Education Center in West Kabul
On September 30th, 2022, a suicide blast at an education center in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul killed 53 and wounded more...
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Maryam Mushtaq
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Dolunay Bulut
- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide
- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
‘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...
Ebby Abramson
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
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...
Ebby Abramson
- Apr 25, 2019
- 1 min
Naqib Khpulwak
In Brief Naqib Khpulwak, an assistant law professor at the American University in Kabul, Afghanistan, was among the 16 students and...
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