Dress Restrictions Tighten for Afghanistan Girls’ Schools

Click to expand Image Girls attend a school assembly in Balkh province, Afghanistan, April 2022.  © 2022 Private After taking over Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban instituted a de facto ban on girls’ secondary education, even though community pressure resulted in some girls’ secondary schools reopening in about nine provinces. Many of these closed after the Taliban broke their promise to reopen all schools in March. But Balkh province in northern Afghanistan was unique: girls’ secondary schools have remained open since the Taliban took power. But open schools in Balkh and elsewhere…

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