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The cast and crew of "Mean Girls" walk on the pink carpet for the premiere of the new reimagined musical version of the movie in New York City. IMAGES
Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, deplores the Taliban decision to shut secondary girls schools in Afghanistan, just hours after they reopened, calling it "a profoundly disturbing setback" and "an arbitrary decision" outside the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York. SOUNDBITE
"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
Afghan girls, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, had to pack up their belongings and file out of their schools. The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group. IMAGES
Girls resumed classes across much of Afghanistan Wednesday after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of their 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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