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UNESCO: Taliban Ban Has Kept 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Out of Secondary School

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Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education because of the Taliban’s ban on schooling beyond Grade 6, Hoda Jaberian, coordinator of UNESCO’s Education in Emergencies program, said on August 11, according to Amu.tv. Jaberian said the estimate covers only girls who are unable to continue their education at secondary school. UNESCO does not have comparable figures for women who might otherwise have gone on…

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More than 2.6 million Afghan citizens have left the neighbouring country since 2023 as a result of a strict repatriation plan implemented by the Government of Islamabad

·Madrid, Spain
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the Taliban’s ban on education and work for women and girls is not just affecting one generation, but will also cost the next generation. UNICEF said in a statement today (Friday, August 13) on the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan that 2.6 million girls have been deprived of education since August 15, 2021. The organization said that the restrictions on girls’ educ…

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Girls remain deprived of education by the Taliban, who continue to violate women's rights and stifle civil society since their return to power on 15 August 2021.

Ankara: Five years after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the United Nations has said that 2.4 million girls in the country have been denied secondary education. It is urgent to restore girls' fundamental right to education...

·Kozhikode, India
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El Pais broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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