联合国教科文组织发布报告指出，自塔利班2021年重返阿富汗以来，约240万女孩被禁止接受中等教育[1]。这一数字较去年增加了约20万人[1]。塔利班政府虽声称这是暂时措施，但禁令已持续多年，阿富汗已成为世界上唯一正式禁止女性接受中等及高等教育的国家[1]。塔利班于2022年3月关闭女生中学，12月进一步禁止女性进入大学[1]。
联合国教科文组织协调员霍达·贾贝里安指出，"五年不是对儿童教育的暂时中断，这实质上占据了整个中学教育周期"[1]。若禁令继续，阿富汗到2030年被禁止受教育的女孩数量可能达到近400万[1]。长期来看，这将导致到2066年约60万名女性离开劳动力市场，累积经济损失估计达96亿美元[1]。同时，阿富汗预计到2030年将缺少超过11000名合格女教师[1]。
除教育禁令外，阿富汗女性还面临就业、行动自由、进入公园、健身房和美容院的多重限制[1]。联合国将这一系列措施描述为"性别种族隔离"[1]。
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has reported that approximately 2.4 million girls have been denied access to secondary education in Afghanistan since the Taliban's return to power in 2021 [1]. This figure represents an increase of roughly 200,000 girls compared to the previous year [1]. Should the ban persist, the number could rise to nearly 4 million by 2030 [1].
The Taliban closed girls' secondary schools in March 2022 and subsequently banned women from universities in December of that year [1]. Despite characterizing these measures as temporary, the restrictions have remained in effect for several years, making Afghanistan the only country in the world with an official prohibition on girls' access to secondary and higher education [1]. UNESCO coordinator Hoda Jaberian emphasized the severity of the situation, stating: "Five years is not a temporary interruption in a child's education. It is clearly almost an entire secondary school cycle" [1].
The educational restrictions are part of broader gender-based limitations imposed on Afghan women, who also face bans from employment, public spaces, parks, gyms, and beauty salons [1]. The United Nations has characterized this array of restrictions as "gender apartheid" [1]. If the prohibitions continue, Afghanistan is projected to lose over 11,000 qualified female teachers by 2030 [1], and approximately 600,000 women could be pushed out of the labor force by 2066 [1], resulting in an estimated cumulative income loss of $9.6 billion [1].