# UN agency says Taliban erased decades of progress as 2.4M Afghan girls remain out of school

https://mins.news/en/item/19581

- Fox News, 2026-08-11 23:01 UTC
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- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-wipes-out-decades-progress-2-4m-afghan-girls-remain-locked-school-un-agency-says

> UNESCO says 2.4 million Afghan girls are still shut out of secondary education. The exclusion comes five years after the Taliban prohibited female education beyond the primary level. The agency says the ban has wiped away decades of progress in Afghanistan. Its assessment portrays the continuing restriction as a major setback for girls’ education.

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