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2021 in review: Taliban’s takeover gutted science in Afghanistan
Academics in Afghanistan were thriving before the shock takeover by the Taliban this year, which saw many researchers leave the country and universities closed Humans 24 December 2021 By Jason Arunn Murugesu A Taliban meeting on higher education policies in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 29 August 2021AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan…
Taliban’s new UN envoy urges quick world recognition
The Taliban’s newly appointed envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday urged quick world recognition of Afghanistan’s new rulers even as the World Health Organisation raised the alarm of an impending health care disaster in the war-wracked country. The humanitarian crisis is one of the many challenges the Taliban face since their takeover of Afghanistan…