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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

Senior Taliban official urges reversal of education ban for Afghan girls

The Taliban has barred females from education after sixth grade - (AFP/Getty)

A senior Taliban official has issued a rare public rebuke of Government policy, urging the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them.

Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a speech on Saturday in southeastern Khost province.

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