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A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen

Students attend class under new classroom conditions at Avicenna University in Kabul, Afghanistan September 6, 2021. [Reuters]

Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom.

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