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Kabul women protest Taliban university education ban

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Kabul women protest Taliban university education ban

Kabul women protest Taliban university education ban

Video posted by local media showed dozens of women marching on a street in western Kabul on Thursday (December 22), protesting a ban by the Taliban-run administration on women from tertiary education.

The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday (December 20) evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry, drawing condemnation from foreign governments and the United Nations.


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