The Afghanistan Analysts Network reports that the Taliban have banned some university and public books and have canceled the teaching of some academic disciplines.
The network reported on Sunday night, December 28, 2025, that more than 670 university textbooks and hundreds of public books in libraries and bookstores have been banned.
Sources from the Afghanistan Analysts Network say that important subjects such as human rights, democracy, electoral systems, constitutional law, sociology, and ethics philosophy are no longer being taught, and many books written by women or Iranian authors are also on the banned list.
Additionally, books about Afghanistan’s contemporary history, the Taliban, Afghanistan-Pakistan relations, and anti-Taliban figures such as Ahmad Shah Massoud have been removed from access.
According to the report, even classical works on religion, Sufism, philosophy, and Western literature, as well as some famous international works, are included in this list.
The Afghanistan Analysts Network has warned that this action is part of the Taliban’s broader strategy to control knowledge, restrict access to information, and rewrite history, and the continuation of this trend could result in future generations of Afghanistan being educated only with limited sources aligned with Taliban ideology.
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