联合国教科文组织发布报告指出，在塔利班接管阿富汗5年后，约240万女孩仍被排除在中等教育之外[1]。阿富汗目前是全球唯一正式禁止女性接受中等及高等教育的国家[1]。这一教育禁令已彻底逆转了过去20年的进展：2021年塔利班夺取政权前，阿富汗有近100万女孩就读中学，如今这一数字已大幅下降[1]。
塔利班在2021年8月15日夺取政权后不久即禁止女孩上中学，随后将这一限制扩大到高等教育、就业等其他领域[1]。对此，塔利班声称该问题属于国内事务[1]。联合国教科文组织教育紧急情况项目协调员霍达·贾贝里安表示："这不可协商。这是基本人权"[1]。联合国教科文组织呼吁立即无条件恢复阿富汗女性的教育权利[1]。
Approximately 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary school education five years after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, according to a UNESCO report [1]. Afghanistan has become the only country in the world to formally prohibit girls from accessing secondary and higher education [1]. This sweeping ban represents a dramatic reversal of educational progress made over the previous two decades, with the number of girls enrolled in secondary school plummeting from nearly one million in 2021 [1].
The Taliban imposed restrictions on girls' secondary education shortly after seizing power on August 15, 2021, subsequently expanding these prohibitions to encompass higher education and employment opportunities [1]. UNESCO's Education Emergency Coordinator Hoda Jaberrian stated: "This is not negotiable. This is a fundamental human right" [1]. The organization has called for the immediate and unconditional restoration of women's educational rights [1]. The Taliban has characterized the matter as a domestic affair, dismissing repeated appeals from the United Nations, humanitarian organizations, and human rights advocates [1].