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"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
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slams the Taliban's "broken" promises to Afghan women and girls, during a press conference on the situation in Afghanistan. SOUNDBITE
Four Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighbouring Pakistan arrive at Roissy airport in Paris, several months after fleeing the Taliban regime that regained power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. IMAGES
Afghan women protest in Kabul, defying a dissent crackdown to voice opposition to foreign nations formally recognising the Taliban government. Ahead of a United Nations-convened international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha next week, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said diplomats could discuss "baby steps" that could put the Taliban government on the path to recognition, albeit with conditions attached. But Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for secretary-general Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday stressed that Mohammed "was not in any way implying that anyone else but member states have the authority for recognition" of Afghanistan's government. IMAGES
The UN Security Council unanimously passes a resolution calling on the Taliban to "swiftly reverse" all restrictive measures against women. IMAGES
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