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March 29, 2022

Afghan Women Protest Taliban Closure of Girls' Schools
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned several international media
outlets, including Voice of America, the BBC and Germany's Deutsche
Welle. This comes after dozens of women students and teachers held a
peaceful protest in front of Afghanistan's Education Ministry in Kabul
over the weekend in response to the Taliban's order to shut down
secondary schools for girls. This is a schoolteacher.

Schoolteacher: "The Taliban are scared of an educated girl. When a girl
is educated, a family will be educated. And when a family is educated, a
nation will be educated. And finally, an educated nation will never,
ever nourish the motives of terrorists."

The move prompted U.S. officials to cancel talks with Taliban leaders in
Doha Friday to address key economic issues impacting Afghanistan.


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