Afghanistan's school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by Taliban

Schools across Afghanistan open for the new academic year, with girls lamenting being banned from joining secondary-level classes for a third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in 2021 and imposing an austere vision of Islam with curbs the United Nations labels "gender apartheid".

In Afghanistan, Taliban's ban on girls' education affects 1 million students. The ministry excludes female journalists. Agha apologizes. Hanafi aims to expand...