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Taliban ban on women’s education, Afghan professor’s certificate torn in live debate

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Turki issued a statement from Geneva saying, “No country can develop socially and economically without leaving out half of its population.” After the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan, there was a global uproar that the situation there would worsen. They banned girls from going to middle school and high school.