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Afghan women are left with tears and anger as the Taliban enforces the education ban
The Afghan Taliban has banned women from working for non-Governing groups in the country, a report by Afghanistan’s Economy Ministry said. The Taliban took over the country in August 2001, and has been cracking down on Afghan women ever since. The Taliban security forces used a water cannon on women protesting against a ban on…
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Afghan women are not allowed to attend universities.
Taliban security forces used a water cannon on Saturday to disperse about two dozen women protesting the ban on university education for women in Afghanistan’s Herat city. According to witnesses, the women were heading to the Herat provincial governor’s house when they were pushed back by security forces firing the water cannon. They were chanting…