Never let anyone get away with telling you didn't accomplish anything.
"As of 2019, approximately 9 million children attend 16,000 schools. During the Taliban regime, only about one million boys were in school. On average, girls make up 39% of students in Afghanistan; girls are about 40% of elementary students and 35% of middle and high school students. There are 240 higher education institutions in Afghanistan, including 36 public colleges and universities, 122 private colleges and universities, and 80 two-year teacher training institutes. Women make up approximately 25% of students in public and private colleges and universities and 49% of graduates of teacher training institutes.
Over the last nearly 20 years, the literacy rate has nearly doubled for men and tripled for women. Today, the literacy rate stands at over 55% for men and more than 30% for women."
"In the last 18 years over 4,000 midwives have been trained and are working to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality rates, not only in cities but rural areas as well. Infant mortality rate has decreased from 95 per 1,000 live births to 53.2 per 1,000 live births. Life expectancy has increased from 56 years old to 65 for women and 62 for men."
"There has been an increased representation of women in the Afghan government over the last 20 years. There are 400,439 government employees, of which 27% are women. In addition, 35% of the teachers in public schools are women, 12% of the judges are women, 10% of the attorneys are women, and of the 456 provincial council members, 96 are women, and women hold a third of the parliament, 27%. The president pledged to appoint four women as ministers, more than 10 serve as deputy ministers, and four serve as ambassadors. Approximately 4,800 women play an active role in the security sector (3,300 police officers and 1,500 in Defense)."
Lots more at this link: https://feminist.org/our-work/afghan...n-women-girls/
The situation is dire and there will surely be intensified conflict.
Perhaps the ANA can hold. Their special operations class and certain air force assets have done some good work. I certainly hope so.