The United Nations has urged the global community to remind Afghanistan’s de facto rulers on the International Day of Education that they need to “let the Afghan girls learn”.

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18 months ago, Afghan women participated fully in public life. They were politicians, judges, journalists, doctors, teachers, students. They were everything.

Now they are not allowed to work, go to school, or even leave the house unaccompanied.

This illustration is by 'Shabnam', a former school arts teacher, who can only now stay at home and draw.

Sometimes pictures tell a thousand words. Sometimes they need only four.

Let Afghans Girls Learn.

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