The United Nations has announced that Nila Ibrahimi, a teenage Afghan advocate for girls’ education, has been selected among its 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals for 2025.

More than four years after the Taliban’s return to power, girls in Afghanistan have not only been deprived of the right to education but are now also banned from entering libraries; places that until recently were their only refuge of peace and hope.

UN Women, in its latest report, says Afghanistan under Taliban rule is witnessing a “deliberate and unprecedented attack” on the rights, freedoms, and dignity of women and girls.

While the Taliban have declared music “haram” (forbidden), citizens in several provinces say members of the group issue “religious permits” for playing music at events in exchange for bribes.