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Lahore High Court Suspends Pakistan Medical Council Ban on Afghan Medical Students

The Lahore High Court has temporarily halted an order by Pakistan’s medical regulator that instructed Afghan students...

Christopher Manley | Sep 11, 2026

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Afghan physicist named lifetime member of Royal Society of Canada as Afghan students, IDPs and rights defenders face mounting crises

Taher Sharan, an Afghan physicist and former head of Afghanistan's Atomic Energy High Commission, has been elected a lif...

Christopher Manley | Sep 10, 2026

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Critics Say Turkey’s Education Circular Prioritizes Political Control Over Students’ Needs

A 46-page circular from Turkey’s Ministry of National Education has drawn criticism for focusing on directives that ob...

Ebru Z. Yıldırım | Sep 6, 2026

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Five Years of Restrictions: How Taliban Bans on Girls’ Education and Women’s Work Have Reshaped Afghan Lives

Five years after the Taliban’s return to power, sweeping bans on girls’ secondary and higher education and broad res...

Blake Marriott | Aug 14, 2026

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UNAMA: Women and girls in Afghanistan face sustained restrictions on education, work and dress; new report documents arrests and exclusion

A UNAMA quarterly report covering April–June 2026 finds continued, systemic restrictions on the rights of women and gi...

Christopher Manley | Jul 29, 2026