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Stories by Gordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif for Project Syndicate

Published:Wednesday | December 20, 2023 | 7:22 AMGordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif for Project Syndicate

EDINBURGH/NEW YORK: It has now been over two years since the United States military ended its decades-long war in Afghanistan, and the world’s attention has predictably shifted to the horrific conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. But the mess left...

Published:Wednesday | January 25, 2023 | 9:27 AMGordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif for Project Syndicate

EDINBURGH: In the weeks since the Taliban’s December 2022 decree banning young women from attending university, Afghans have shown that they will not take this latest outrage lying down. Brave female students have launched a campaign of...

Published:Wednesday | November 23, 2022 | 9:44 AMGordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif for Project Syndicate

EDINBURGH: All who are travelling to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and harbour concerns about human rights should come together to protest one especially urgent and heinous recent abuse: the Taliban regime’s prohibition barring Afghan girls...

Published:Wednesday | October 19, 2022 | 7:51 AMGordon Brown and Yasmine Sherif for Project Syndicate

LONDON: Thousands of women and girls have taken to the streets of Afghanistan’s cities to protest the repeated violation of their right to an education. The trigger for the protests – occurring simultaneously with protests in Iran...

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