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BBC OS: 2022/12/21 16:06 GMT: Women banned from university in Afghanistan

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Women banned from university in Afghanistan

2022/12/21 16:06 GMT

2022/12/21 16:06 GMT: Women banned from university in Afghanistan

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They turned up to their campuses to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards

They turned up to their campuses to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards.

How do Afghan women feel now the Taliban has banned them from university education? We hear from women who can no longer attend. 

We have the latest as the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, arrives in Washington where he will meet US President Joe Biden. 

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(Photo:Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, 21 December 2022. Credit: Stringer/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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