When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan ...

The Growth of China’s Navy: Past, Present, and Future While the U.S. government’s recent attacks on higher education may look much different from the Taliban’s, there are some parallels and useful ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves. She dreams of ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas ...

Four years after the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul, Afghanistan faces a paradox. To the outside world, the regime’s restrictions — particularly on women and civil liberties — make positive change ...

This photo essay is part of a yearlong Chronicle visual series that highlights the challenges facing first-generation students and others. The series is part of the Different Voices of Student Success ...