Taliban's Education Divide: A National Shame and a Global Condemnation The return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan in 2021 has been marked by numerous egregious human rights abuses.
However, one of the most insidious is the deliberate denial of education to millions of Afghan girls. According to a recent United Nations report, approximately 2.
4 million girls have been denied access to secondary education. If this ban persists, the number of affected girls is expected to rise to nearly four million by 2030.