(IBT) – The Taliban has closed down about a hundred schools in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, denying education to nearly 10,000 students, according to local media. The Afghan Taliban is also recruiting students from the region to fight for them as child soldiers, officials have revealed.
Afghanistan: Taliban closes schools for 10,000 students, recruits children as soldiers
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