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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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 Education poster showing boys and girls in the classroom

A new education poster in Afghanistan shows boys and girls alike in the classroom. Under the Taliban, girls were barred from going to school. (USAID Photo - Judy Benjamin)
   

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