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22 September 2021, Afghanistan, Kabul: Young Afghan girls attend class in a primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan. The new Taliban government has banned girls from secondary school education in Afghanistan, by ordering high schools to re-open for boys only. Photo by: Oliver Weiken/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images