USAID enabled 208 Afghan women to defy the Taliban ban on college -- until now

Women students stand outside Kabul University in Afghanistan. As of December 2022, the Taliban has banned women from higher education. But for some, a USAID grant provided online options as well as a chance to study abroad. That scholarship program has now been terminated.

A USAID grant enabled them to either study online or enroll in college in another country. Now the grant has been terminated.

(Image credit: Ebrahim Noroozi)