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Boys attend a high-school class, Kandahar, #Afghanistan

Photograph: Sanaullah Seiam/AFP/Getty Images

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Boys in blue with white head cover sit on a red carpet. No girls in the picture.
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No Woman’s Land | Kiana Hayeri

Teenage girls line up at a private high school in the west of Kabul where pupils follow the American curriculum in English but cannot obtain an official education certificate. Nor can they go to university in Afghanistan as these are closed to women.

Photograph: Kiana Hayeri, Fondation Carmignac/World Press Photo 2025

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This is a rare instance where the school has managed to secure the local Taliban’s agreement to turn a blind eye to its operation. Seven hundred girls study here every day under strict security measures.
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