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    Resources available for Afghan students, scholars, and others
    Kennedy McCutchen
    • May 9
    • 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...
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    Academics Call for Support of Afghan Alumni
    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...
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    ‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ Afghan Researchers Fear for their safety—and the future of science
    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...
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    Gunmen Ambush University Bus in Afghanistan Killing at Least Two, Injuring Six
    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...
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    Gunmen Kill more than a Dozen Students in Attack on Afghanistan Kabul University
    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...
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    Western Professors Freed in Prisoner Swap with Taliban
    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...
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    Naqib Khpulwak
    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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