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Afghanistan’s terrified scientists predict huge research losses

For 20 years, science has blossomed in Afghanistan. Now many researchers are fleeing and those who remain face lost funding and the threat of persecution.
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  1. Smriti Mallapaty
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On Sunday 15 August, geologist Hamidullah Waizy was interviewing job candidates at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Kabul when he was told the Taliban had entered the city, and he must evacuate. The next morning, he saw armed militants on the streets.

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Nature 597, 15-16 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02353-5

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  1. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO Science Report: Towards 2030 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000235406 (UNESCO, 2015).

  2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO Science Report: The Race Against Time for Smarter Development https://www.unesco.org/reports/science/2021/en (UNESCO, 2021).

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