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Virtual, underground classrooms offer lifeline to girls under the Taliban

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As the ban on female education continues in Afghanistan, virtual and underground schools operating from overseas – including Canada – have become a lifeline for thousands of girls. The United Nations estimates 2.4 million of girls have been barred from getting secondary education, a number it said could increase to four million by 2030.

First report: Inside Afghanistan's secret schools where women defy the Taliban to educate girls — pbs.org, 12d