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Afghan girls, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, had to pack up their belongings and file out of their schools. The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group. IMAGES
Girls are seen entering a school in the Afghan capital Wednesday. This comes after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. IMAGES
Kandahar, Oct 18 (EFE / EPA).- The Taliban promised on Monday that they would "soon" allow all girls to return to school, after not allowing them to access to education in secondary schools following their reopening a month ago.The ban on reopening schools for girls and young people has caused uncertainty among the Afghan people, with criticism from women's rights activists who fear returning to the dark era under the former Taliban regime between 1996 and 2001. (Camera:STRINGER) FOOTAGE SHOWS AFGHAN SCHOOL GIRLS ATTEND THEIR SCHOOL IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul, May 8 (EFE/EPA).- The death toll from Saturday's bombing near a girls secondary school in Kabul has reached 30, Afghan officials said.Initial reports following the attack in a Shiite-majority neighborhood in the west of the Afghan capital spoke of 25 dead and 52 injured."The number of martyred people is increased to 30," Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said in a statement, while his counterpart at the Public Health Ministry told Efe that 79 others hurt in the blast were being treated at Kabul hospitals. (Camera: HEDAYATULLAH AMID).SHOT LIST: INJURED AFGHAN STUDENTS RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENTS AT A HOSPITAL AFTER A BOMB EXPLOSION NEAR A SCHOOL WEST OF KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Images of the family home in Nashville of the shooter who killed three young children and three staff at a private elementary school, one day after authorities searched the house. Audrey Hale, who was killed by police, had prepared maps detailing surveillance and entry points at the school, and also left a written manifesto that suggested further attacks at other locations were planned. IMAGES
Top Texas security official Steven McCraw says that in "hindsight", it was the wrong decision for police not to immediately breach the Uvalde classroom where a gunman ultimately shot dead 19 children and two teachers. SOUNDBITE