Editing Taliban (section)

=== Restrictions on modern education ===
Before the Taliban came to power, education was highly regarded in Afghanistan and [[Kabul University]] attracted students from Asia and the [[Middle East]]. However, the Taliban imposed restrictions on modern education, banned the education of females, only allowed Islamic religious schools to stay open and only encouraged the teaching of the Qur'an. Around half of all of the schools in Afghanistan were destroyed.<ref name="BBC-education" /> The Taliban have carried out brutal attacks on teachers and students and they have also threatened parents and teachers.<ref name="HRW">{{Cite web |date=11 July 2006 |title=Lessons in Terror Attacks on Education in Afghanistan |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2006/07/10/lessons-terror/attacks-education-afghanistan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022001101/https://www.hrw.org/report/2006/07/10/lessons-terror/attacks-education-afghanistan |archive-date=22 October 2022 |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]}}</ref>
As per a 1998 UNICEF report, 9 out of 10 girls and 2 out of 3 boys did not enroll in schools. By 2000, fewer than 4–5% of all Afghan children were being educated at the primary school level and even fewer of them were being educated at higher secondary and university levels.<ref name="BBC-education">{{Cite news |title=Case Study: Education in Afghanistan |publisher=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/features/ihavearightto/four_b/casestudy_art26.shtml}}</ref>

Attacks on educational institutions, students and teachers and the forced enforcement of Islamic teachings have even continued after the Taliban were deposed from power. In December 2017, [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] (OCHA) reported that over 1,000 schools had been destroyed, damaged or occupied and 100 teachers and students had been killed by the Taliban.<ref name="RefWorld-Education">{{Cite web |date=11 May 2018 |title=Education Under Attack 2018 – Afghanistan |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/5be94317a.html |access-date=5 January 2021 |publisher=Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack}}</ref>