UN: Conflict Keeps Half of Afghan Students Out of School

The U.N. Children's Agency, UNICEF, said nearly half of all school-aged children in Afghanistan — nearly 4 million kids — are out of school due to conflict. The findings in a new report represent a setback for the country, where such high rates of out-of-school children have not been seen since 2002, just after the Taliban was ousted. "If girls and boys stay out of school, it becomes very difficult to get them back into school," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore...

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