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Taliban’s Ban on Women’s Education Spurs Digital Defiance But Exposes Global Indifference

By Economics Desk | August 6, 2025

While the Taliban crush Afghan women’s rights through draconian bans, courageous online efforts emerge—but where is the West’s firm response to this assault on freedom?

The Taliban's relentless crackdown on Afghan women is not just a brutal attack on personal freedoms; it threatens the very future of Afghanistan and signals a failure of international resolve. Since seizing power in 2021, the regime has systematically dismantled opportunities for women—closing schools beyond primary education and banning virtually all female employment. How Long Will America Watch Afghan Women’s Dreams Shattered? Take Sodaba, a talented pharmacology student whose dreams were crushed by these oppressive bans. Instead of succumbing, she turned to an unlikely lifeline: online coding courses taught by an Afghan refugee thousands of miles away in Greece. This...

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