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About 90% of Afghanistan’s population has been projected to be below the poverty line by the end of the year according to the United Nations Development Program.
Just hours after they’d returned to classes, Afghan schoolgirls had their dreams dashed as the Taliban sent them home again, in a shock policy reversal. For those watching their hopes of education slip away, Afghanistan has become "a jail" under Taliban rule.
The Taliban ordered girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, sparking heartbreak and confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group.
"We join millions of Afghan families today in expressing deep, deep disappointment and condemnation with the Taliban's decision not to allow women and girls to return to school above grade six," US State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Girls are seen entering a school in the Afghan capital Wednesday. This comes after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. IMAGES
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