News Breadcrumb Home SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab News SPIA Afghanistan Policy Lab About Meet the Fellows Publications News Events Call for Resident Fellow Call for Non-Resident Fellow Contact Us afghanlab@princeton.edu SPIA Reacts: Afghanistan Under Two Years of Taliban Rule August 15, 2023, marks a grim two-year anniversary: that of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. Adela Raz, director of SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy… Evacuated Experts Keep the Conversation About Afghanistan Alive Researchers at Princeton’s Afghanistan Policy Lab are researching four key areas areas of policy. Afghanistan’s Women: Life Under Taliban Restrictions Everybody is trying to grasp something that gives them hope, and that hope is getting eliminated on a daily basis. The Disturbing Ties Between Authoritarianism and Gender Apartheid With one-quarter of the world’s population in a democratic backslide into 2022, we often disregard the enormous price women in the affected countries… SPIA Reacts: Implications of the Taliban's Decision to Ban Women and Girls From Attending School in Afghanistan Former Afghan MP: Taliban is a `Gender Apartheid' Regime A former member of Afghanistan’s parliament is urging the world to label the Taliban a “gender apartheid” regime because of its crackdown on human… Dean's Dialogue: Hope for Afghanistan (Amb. Adela Raz) In this episode, Dean Amaney Jamal discusses the current situation in Afghanistan — and what hope remains ahead — with Amb. Adela Raz, director of… Naheed A. Farid Featured In The Hill In an op-ed written by Naheed A. Farid, a fellow, Amb. Adela Raz discusses women's rights in Afghanistan a year after Taliban rule and… Naheed Farid Speaks Out Against Taliban Repression of Women and Girls Naheed Farid, a former member of the Afghan parliament, implored the world to label the Taliban a “gender apartheid” regime in response to the… Amb. Adela Raz Featured In The Washington Post Amb. Adela Raz talks ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government.