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More than 1 million girls in Afghanistan barred from education by Taliban as school year starts
A girl reads a book in her classroom on the first day of the new school year, in Kabul, March 25, 2023
THE school year in Afghanistan started today but without girls — whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond age 11.
The United Nations children’s agency says that more than one million girls are affected by the ban.
It also estimates that five million were out of school before the Taliban takeover due to a lack of facilities and other reasons.
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