Academics in Afghanistan were thriving before the shock takeover by the Taliban this year, which saw many researchers leave the country and universities closed
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The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan this year led to a radical makeover of the country, and science was no exception. Since the fall of the Afghan government, scores of academics have fled the country.“I was already afraid that I was on a list,” says Hammad*, an academic who fled Afghanistan earlier this year just before the US …App + Web
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