# @afpphoto on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-12T11:00:57.000+00:00
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Torment of Afghan fathers as daughters deprived of education⁣
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Father after father AFP spoke to in Afghanistan about the education ban that stops their daughters going beyond primary school choked up in despair.⁣
The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fathers questioning the ruling.⁣
The Taliban authorities justify the ban -- the only one of its kind in the world -- on their interpretation of Islamic law.⁣
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But "you will never find in the Quran that education is only for men," said one devout father, while another -- who praised the Taliban government for restoring security and reducing corruption -- said he couldn't "find any proper justification for this".⁣
All the men -- whose identities AFP is protecting -- described the emotional turmoil the bar is causing, with fathers losing sleep over what to do to help their bright and frustrated daughters.⁣
Nine out of 10 Afghan men questioned in a UN survey last year said it was important for girls to go to secondary school, with nearly two thirds considering it "pious" for a father to support his daughter's education.⁣
Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.⁣
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Girls were barred from secondary schools in March 2022 after the Taliban authorities returned to power, with universities closed to young women later that year.⁣
The Taliban government did not respond to AFP questions about the ban.⁣
Officials insist the ban is temporary. But the UN's education wing UNESCO said that an estimated "2.4 million girls have been excluded from secondary education since 2021" as it called for "an immediate and unconditional restoration of their right" to go to school.⁣
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