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Added on the 08/12/2021 16:12:49 - Copyright : AFP EN
They used to play in a football team in Herat but when the regime swept to power, the girls decided to escape, fearing for their lives.
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.
Since the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan families have found refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. Many Afghans decided to flee their country in order for their daughters to have an education, the Taliban having imposed a ban on secondary and higher education for girls. Pakistan does not offer real prospects of integration or employment to refugees. Yet many Afghan families have nevertheless settled in the country, as our correspondents report.
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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.
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