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More than 18 months have passed since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Almost as many months as Afghan women have been deprived of secondary and higher education, as the Taliban regime has banned girls from colleges and universities. FRANCE 24's Shahzaib Wahlah reports.
Thousands of Afghan girls and women sat university entrance exams under the guard of Taliban snipers, two weeks after a bomber killed dozens of students preparing for the tests. Since the Taliban returned to power last August, many girls have been banned from secondary education.
'Nafeesa' goes to a secret school in Afghanistan. And to add risk to an already tough situation, her brother is with the Taliban. "I use madrasa as an excuse to come here. My brother doesn't know that I come to school - only my mother supports me" says Nafeesa, one of hundreds of thousands of girls and young women deprived of the chance of education with the Taliban in power.
Just hours after they’d returned to classes, Afghan schoolgirls had their dreams dashed as the Taliban sent them home again, in a shock policy reversal. For those watching their hopes of education slip away, Afghanistan has become "a jail" under Taliban rule.
The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group.
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