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Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met UN Special Representative Deborah Lyons and discussed human rights, humanitarian assistance, development projects, the banking sector, economic growth, and other issues.

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KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban on Wednesday backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance

Schools planned to reopen on Wednesday but girls were ordered to return home

The Taliban ordered secondary girls schools in Afghanistan to shut Wednesday just hours after they reopened, an official confirmed, sparking confusion over the policy reversal by the hardline Islamist group.

The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on Wednesday prompted joy and apprehension among the tens of thousands of students deprived of an education since the Taliban's return to power.

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Crestfallen students, back at school for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belongings and filed out of schools in Afghanistan.

"It is very painful to see your students crying," said Palwasha, a teacher in Kabul.

Backtracking by the Taliban means female students above the sixth grade will not be able to attend school.