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Afghanistan's school year starts, but no classes held

KABUL: Afghanistan's schools reopened on Tuesday for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware of the start and hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending class.

Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are prohibited from going to secondary school.

CLASSES WITHOUT LASSES A janitor sweeps a corridor of Esteqlal High School in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the start of the country’s academic year. AFP PHOTO