'We are erased': The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
by Shirin Jaafari from The World: Latest Stories on (#63QG9)
This past week, girls in the province of Paktia in eastern Afghanistan went to the streets to protest. The Taliban had reopened their schools but ordered them shut again. Girls' education in Afghanistan has become a sensitive topic since the Taliban came to power last year. They have closed down nearly all secondary schools for girls in the country.