Did you know that the Afghan education system is one of the weakest in the world? In 1996, a Muslim fundamentalist group, known as the Taliban, ruled the country (Mohammed, 2), which had a huge impact on education. Although education for both men and women was provided, fewer women attended school during this period. In the Afghanistan region, schools and education have been considered a fundamental part of the past, present and all culture (Fabrizio). The Afghan education system has struggled due to various conflicts, as organizations around the world have contributed to the improvement and quality of education throughout the region, which has had a lasting impact on the Afghan people . The majority of reasons have led to Afghanistan's education weakening and becoming one of the poorest countries in the world. One of these reasons is the war which caused devastating violence in the country. The war pitted the Soviets against the Afghans in 1978. At that time, the literacy rate for both men and women was very low. For men, the literacy rate was eighteen percent and for women, five percent. Furthermore, the enrollment rates of students attending the schools were fifty-four percent for boys and only twelve percent for girls. From 1978 to 1992, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, and as the war progressed, two types of education systems emerged. One of the two was created by Mujahideen groups with Western support, while the other was set up by the communist Soviets. As both systems formed, the Soviets attempted to use their education system to impose social changes on rural Afghans. The Soviet style of social change contradicted the religious and social values ​​of the Afghans... middle of paper ...... be eleven million people. Schools lack adequate facilities and the number of qualified teachers is still low (Qazi). Today, Afghanistan is recovering from the consequences of twenty-five years of instability that destroyed the meager educational infrastructure that existed before 1979 and the war that followed (Mohammed, 2). Due to various conflicts in Afghanistan, the education system has struggled and organizations around the world have contributed to improvements that are having a lasting impact on the Afghan people. Furthermore, the Afghan constitution, adopted in January 2004, states that education is a right for all citizens, men and women, and that up to a certain level it is free (Qazi). While Afghanistan has long had one of the poorest educational outcomes in the world, the country continues to move towards success..