All available reporting from NPR confirms the Taliban assumed power on August 15, 2021, increased religious content in boys' schooling, imposed uniforms in Herat, and maintained a ban on girls attending secondary classes. Individual cases such as that of Hashmat Mubariz illustrate both curtailed attendance and self-directed learning. Analyses from progressive, conservative, and libertarian viewpoints interpret these changes differently while sharing reliance on the same single-source base.