As school resumes in Afghanistan, will all girls be allowed to go?
Schools in Afghanistan are expected to open for the new semester Wednesday. But despite Taliban assurances that girls will be allowed back, students and teachers are unclear about what will happen.
by Fatma Tanis
Mar 20, 2022
3 minutes
On the first day back to school in September 2021, one month after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Maryam, a 15-year-old girl from Mazar-i Sharif, remembers the fear and uncertainty she felt on her way to school.
NPR is not using her last name so she can speak freely. She and other students were greeted by Taliban soldiers at the entrance. Later that day, they also came in to the classrooms
"The Taliban entered our class and most of the girls ran to the back of the classroom and turned
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