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Added on the 23/03/2022 05:06:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
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
Parents drop their children off in east London for their first day back to school since January, as the government begins to ease tough restrictions thanks to a mass vaccination drive against the coronavirus. IMAGES
French farmers are returning to south-west France, stopping in Bergerac in the Dordogne region to rest. French authorities announced on Friday that the worst of a crisis that saw farmers block roads for days was over, but demonstrations continue elsewhere in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece. IMAGES
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai says that Taliban rule in Afghanistan has made "girlhood illegal", in her keynote speech at an event held by the Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to commemorate the anti-apartheid icon. “The Taliban have made girlhood illegal and it is taking a toll,” she says. IMAGES