Stolen education: What’s happened since Taliban banned women from university in Afghanistan

Zahra Rajabi started her first year of journalism school in December 2022, but just a few weeks into the semester classes were abruptly cancelled.

“We completely said goodbye to each other, crying,” she told Global News.

The 20-year-old from Kabul is one of millions of Afghan women and girls deprived of their right to learn. This week marks one year since the Taliban abruptly banned women from universities, making Afghanistan the world’s only country with restrictions on female…