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School have the rights the boys have. sam mort, kabul based spokesperson for the united nation's children's fund, says the gains of the last two decades need to be preserved. we welcome the statement yesterday that boys could return to secondary school. that is good news. but of course we are deeply concerned that girls were omitted from that message. but that doesn't mean to say that girls will not go back to school. they have not said that girls are banned from school and unicef is very clear that girls must not be left out of secondary schooling. 20 years ago there were i million children i...

Were fighting against the government, they had a reason to legitimise their brutality and legitimise the fact that they don't allow the girls to go to school. but now they are ruling the government, so they are accountable to people and this is not what people want. families want their daughters to get educated. they want their girls to go to school and have the rights that the boys have. sam mort speaks for the united nations children's fund from kabul. she says the gains of the last two decades need to be preserved. well, we welcomed the statement yesterday that boys could return to secondar...

The last of the UK troops, diplomats and officals will arrive in the UK today, while around 1000 Afghans have been left behind.

He fled the country in 2002 after the fall of the Taliban but the militants are back in control.

The pentagon has called up 18 civilian aircraft to carry people from temporary locations, after they have landed on flights from afghanistan. these flights will bring people from "staging locations" like qatar, kuwait, germany to the united states and the first of those flights landed today at washingtons dulles international airport. but most planes flying into afghanistan to evacuate personnel have been arriving empty, at a time when humanitarian aid is badly needed. more than 500 tonnes of who supplies, scheduled to be transported to afghanistan this week and next week, remain in their logi...