Education

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  Education

  2026-06-04

  Afghan families choose education over extremism

  Despite decades of pressure from extremist groups, Afghan families continue prioritizing education, viewing knowledge as the strongest path toward opportunity, stability, and a brighter future.

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  Education

  2026-05-04

  Mobile library in Herat aims to counter extremism through reading

  An Afghan bookseller is bringing knowledge directly to young people, promoting literacy, awareness, and resilience against extremist ideologies.

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  Education

  2026-04-20

  Education reshapes Afghan youth, weakens extremist appeal

  Expanding access to universities and social activities is reshaping Afghan youth attitudes, reducing extremist influence and strengthening resilience across communities.

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  Education

  2026-04-11

  Afghan youth turn to education against extremism

  Growing enrollment in higher education signals a generational shift among Afghan youth toward knowledge, opportunity and rejection of extremist ideologies.

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  Education

  2026-01-07

  Afghan students stranded as border tensions disrupt education

  Stranded by border closures and strict visa rules, hundreds of Afghan students face an uncertain future, caught between political tensions and the historic Durand Line.

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  Education

  2025-12-08

  Rising literacy shields Afghans from extremist recruitment

  A new generation of educated Afghans is weakening terrorist recruitment, as rising literacy exposes their manipulative tactics and their incompatibility with Afghan values.

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  Education

  2025-06-20

  Religious scholars denounce extremists' war on education in West Africa

  Al-Qaeda affiliate systematically destroys schools across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in campaign to control minds and recruit from ignorance.

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  Education

  2023-10-23

  Depriving girls of education raises risk of extremism, conflict in Afghanistan

  Continued exclusion of women from education will lead to a decline in overall literacy, creating fertile ground for extremism and new conflicts in the country, civil society and rights activists warn.

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  Education

  2023-08-18

  'Nothing allowed': Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal

  A United Nations campaign aims to raise #AfghanGirlsVoices, spearheading a global call to respect all Afghan girls' and women's right to education.

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  Education

  2023-08-14

  Herat businessman provides free education for hundreds of Afghan girls

  More than 600 girls who are impoverished and cannot afford to attend school get free education and school supplies at this private Herat school.