Taliban order all students back in school — except for high school girls

The World

The Taliban ordered all schools in Afghanistan to reopen this weekend after months of closure because of COVID-19 and political upheaval. But the future of education for millions of high school girls remains unclear because the group hasn’t allowed them to return. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

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