A photo from a secret school for girls & women in Kabul, shared with permission. This week’s episode of Asia Stream from @nikkeiasia explains the biggest issues facing Afghanistan right now and hears from people on the ground. Check out “The Afghanistan Solutions Set” on any podcast platform, including: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0arg7RkqDEC3y4ZN1yrqjF?si=uQCVUW8OR5azLD8XOTCrVA

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have effectively banned girls from secondary education since they come back to power. BUT teenage girls and their teachers are defying the Islamist group by setting up secret schools in private homes.

In Kabul, in a clandestine school for girlsSince mid-August, the Taliban have suspended secondary education for young Afghan women. But the resistance is organizing. Report in the capital.