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Turmoil Puts Schooling at Risk for Afghan Children

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More than 1,100 children per day could drop out of school in 2017, an international children’s rights organization warned Thursday, the first day of the new Afghan school year. Save the Children cited ongoing violence and instability, a lack of employment opportunities for parents, and an increase in Afghans forced to return from neighboring Pakistan as prime reasons for the dire prediction. “We know that children who aren’t going to school are at increased risk of early marriage,...

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