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The Taliban's Education Ban on Women and Girls in Afghanistan

When the Taliban last had control in the 90s, women and girls couldn't study, work, or leave home without a male relative. Some women who violated these rules were publicly executed. People have been protesting this ban in the face of warnings from the Taliban about dissent. This policy sets women and girls in Afghanistan back by decades.

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