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‘Robbed of hope’: Afghan girls denied an education struggle with depression
As female students are denied schooling and career prospects, medical staff warn of a rise in mental health problems
There was an English exam under way when news began to circulate that the Taliban had reached Kabul. Panic spread and Yamna was among the students who never finished that exam paper – and never returned to school.
Six months on, the 16-year-old has barely left her house and says she feels very low, wondering whether she will ever be able to finish her education, or what job prospects she has in a country ruled by a conservative, male-only government.
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