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Added on the 03/09/2021 13:12:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
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.
Confined to their homes since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, some girls have been calling their teachers to ask 'when can we come back?'.
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.
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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