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‘Open the schools’: Afghan women protest against Taliban reversal on education

Afghan women and girls take part in a protest in front of the Ministry of Education in Kabul on March 26, 2022. © Ahmad Sahel Arman, AFP

About two dozen girls and women chanting "open the schools" protested in the Afghan capital Saturday against the Taliban's decision to shut their secondary schools just hours after re-opening them this week.

Thousands of jubilant girls across Afghanistan had flocked to learning institutions on Wednesday ― the date the education ministry had set for classes to resume.

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