Top British universities offer Afghan women free courses until Taliban lift learning ban
Afghan girls and women with internet access will be able to study more than 1,200 courses from 20 top British institutions at no cost to themselves.
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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s strategy through 2026 and will be focused particularly on Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Germany to take in 1,000 at-risk Afghans every month
Germany’s new program will support Afghans suffering persecution at the hands of the Taliban, including women’s and human rights advocates and people who have persecuted because of their religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
Renewable energy booms in Afghanistan
In addition to emerging solar projects, Afghanistan’s national utility company Da Afghanistan a $43 million wind power project will soon be launched in Herat province.
Tughril and Chaghri Beg establish the Seljuk Empire across Central Asia
Seljuk Empire founders Tughril and Chaghri Beg, two brothers from a nomadic Turkic clan near the Aral Sea, captured Merv and Nishapur in 1037 C.E. and built a state that eventually stretched from the Aegean to the Hindu Kush. Rather than dismantle Persian civilization, they governed through it — a pattern of cultural fusion that echoed across later Islamic empires.
Indus Valley Civilization emerges as one of the ancient world’s largest urban societies
The Indus Valley Civilization took shape around 3300 B.C.E. along the rivers of what is now Pakistan, northwestern India, and northeastern Afghanistan. At its peak, cities like Mohenjo-daro housed tens of thousands, with gridded streets, baked-brick homes, and drainage systems still studied today. No kings, no pharaohs — just remarkably well-organized urban life.