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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls' education as new school year begins in Afghanistan

Afghanistan UNICEF Girls Education - (Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The U.N. children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls' education to save the future of millions who have been deprived of their right to education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the agency, has deprived 400,000 more girls of their right to education, bringing the total to 2.2 million.

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