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Added on the 21/04/2023 11:59:59 - Copyright : France 24 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.
Young Afghan students told Euronews that their families worried about them going to school and that they felt "hopeless" about the future.
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.
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