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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Taliban orders closure of Afghan girls’ schools hours after reopening
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Girls attend a class after their school reopened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2022. (Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP)
The Taliban orders secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, an official confirms, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group.
“Yes, it’s true,” Taliban spokesman Inamullah Samangani tells AFP when asked to confirm reports that girls had been ordered home.
An AFP team was filming at Zarghona High School in the capital Kabul when a teacher entered and ordered everyone to go home.
Crestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belongings and filed out.
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