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The Islamic State Has Shut Down 57 Afghan Schools
VICE News is covering the ongoing fight for the future of Afghanistan. Click here for more from the Enduring Freedom blog. Afghan militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) group have closed dozens of schools in eastern Nangarhar province, leaving 30,000 children out of education, according to a local official. The group has forced 57 schools across the districts of Achin, Kot and, Dih Bala to shut over the past few weeks...
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We've been here before - not least the appalling and (genuinely) misogynistic behaviours, which led to young Malala Yousafzai winning a Nobel.
I remember the last time - back when the Taliban were making women's lives hell on earth there, wanting the worldwide community of women who gave a damn - ie most of them - to organise the sh*t out of a global campaign focussed on this, rather than, say, the servant problem, the right anti-ageing moisturiser, campus politics and so forth.
I don't mean to demean the feminist cause, but this stuff tends to make me angry and upset. Please accept any apologies you may feel entitled to as offered in good faith.