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Book Talk: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education
Co-authors Sola Mahfouz and Malaina Kapoor discuss the status of girls under Taliban rule today in Afghanistan, and the global fight for women’s access to quality education.
Assessing Taliban-Led Afghanistan, Two Years On
Two years after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, three prominent Afghan thought leaders—all of whom served as senior officials in Afghan governments prior to the takeover—offered their views about the country today.
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Hindsight Up Front: A Conversation with Afghan Women
In partnership with the Wilson Center’s Asia Program and Vital Voices, Middle East Program Director Merissa Khurma had the opportunity to interview two Afghan women. Marwa Dashti and Hilai Barakzai were forced to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, yet are determined to fight for women’s right to work and access to education.
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Explore Past Events
- The War in Afghanistan: Perspectives from U.S. Veterans
- Advancing Women’s Rights During Afghanistan's Negotiations: A Discussion
- What Does the Taliban Want?
- Eighteen Years and $132 Billion: Taking Stock of U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan
- Elections, Peace Talks, and U.S. Policy: What’s Next for Afghanistan?
- New Survey Release: What Do Afghans Think About Current Peace and Reconciliation Efforts?
- Warzone Conservation in Afghanistan: A Conversation with Alex Dehgan
- What's Next for Afghanistan's Economy?
- A Conversation with Congressman Adam Kinzinger: The Way Forward for America’s Longest War
- Book Launch—A Kingdom of Their Own: The Family Karzai and the Afghan Disaster
- The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan 2001-2014
- One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare
- Afghanistan Beyond the Headlines: Women, Youth, and War
- The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
- The Legacy of Little America
- Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan
- The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers