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 Nurses taking their final medical exam
Nasima Abdollatif, foreground, 17, takes her final exam of the Intermediate Medical Education Institute in Herat, Afghanistan, December 10, 2001. The 70 female nurses at the institute were the only women in Afghanistan who could continue their education during the Taliban rule. (AP/Wide World Photo - Kamran Jebreili)
   

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