AIL was the first organization to offer human rights and leadership training to Afghan women. During the 1990s when the Taliban closed girls' schools AIL supported 80 underground home schools for 3,000 girls. After the defeat of the Taliban AIL was the first organization that opened Learning Centers for Afghan women—a concept now copied by many organizations throughout Afghanistan. In 2015, AIL opened a legal clinic to provide free legal services to poor Afghan women. AIL has been hosting large scale peace conferences around Afghanistan, which use the poetry of the Afghan poet Rumi to teach lessons of justice, human rights, good citizenship and living harmoniously.