Progress of girls' education in Afghanistan going backwards: HRW

Afghan school children receive school bags and books distributed by the UNICEF in Helmand, Afghanistan Source: AAP

A new report by humanitarian organisation Human Rights Watch says efforts to educate girls in Afghanistan are failing. Sixteen years after the United States first led a military intervention against the Taliban, the report finds that two thirds of Afghan girls still dont attend school.

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Published 18 October 2017 3:11pm

By Evan Young

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A new report by humanitarian organisation Human Rights Watch says efforts to educate girls in Afghanistan are failing. Sixteen years after the United States first led a military intervention against the Taliban, the report finds that two thirds of Afghan girls still dont attend school.

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Progress of girls' education in Afghanistan going backwards: HRW

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A new report by humanitarian organisation Human Rights Watch says efforts to educate girls in Afghanistan are failing. Sixteen years after the United States first led a military intervention against the Taliban, the report finds that two thirds of Afghan girls still dont attend school.

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A new report by humanitarian organisation Human Rights Watch says efforts to educate girls in Afghanistan are failing. Sixteen years after the United States first led a military intervention against the Taliban, the report finds that two thirds of Afghan girls still dont attend school.

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