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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs, Dr. Sima SamarChairman of the Afghan Interim Administration Hamid Karzai
Afghan girls releasing white dovesEducation poster showing boys and girls in the classroom
Radio TV Afghanistan broadcasters reciting poetryAn Afghan woman holding her son
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 Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs, Dr. Sima Samar

Afghans marked International Women's Day on March 8 with a special ceremony in Kabul hosted by the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs. Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs, Dr. Sima Samar, addresses a crowd attending the ceremony. Afghan women are celebrating the return of their rights, including the right to an education now that the Taliban have been defeated. (USAID Photo - Judy Benjamin)
   

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