Emotional footage from Afghanistan shows Afghan female medical students and their instructor in tears, consoling each other after the Taliban banned them from continuing their studies. The new directive shuts women out of medicine—the last field still open to them.

I found the original Afghan version of “Bella Ciao”, the iconic protest anthem from Italy, performed by Afghan socialist women in the 1970s.

The Citadel of Herat in Afghanistan, originally built around 330 BC, has served as a key headquarters for various ancient empires, enduring numerous destructions and rebuilds. It was fully renovated between 2006 and 2011.

In the 1960s, Afghan women studied alongside men at Kabul University. Today, Afghanistan under the Taliban is the only country where girls’ education is illegal.