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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Brookes

Taliban takeover leaves millions of Afghan girls shut out of secondary school

Millions of Afghan girls are being prevented from attending secondary school - (AFP/Getty)

Approximately 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan remain barred from secondary education five years after the Taliban’s return to power, a UN agency has reported, leading to renewed calls for their right to study to be immediately restored.

Unesco, the Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, warned that the sustained exclusion of female students amounts to a severe violation of fundamental rights.

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