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Afghanistan has announced that women and girls will remain barred from education under Taliban rule.The policy leaves millions of Afghan girls without access to schooling beyond the most basic levels, cutting them off from higher education and many future career opportunities.Human rights organizations and international leaders have strongly condemned the decision, warning that it effectively erases women and girls from public life.The ban further restricts women’s rights and pushes Afghanistan even deeper into isolation from much of the international community.