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Afghan government bans women from universities

The ruling Taliban say women cannot attend universities until further notice.

The ruling Taliban say women cannot attend universities until further notice. We hear from one recent female graduate and ask how the Afghan government is explaining the ban.

Also in the programme: The world's foremost Nazi hunter on the sentencing of a former secretary for complicity in death camp crimes; and jubilation in Buenos Aires after Argentina's stunning World Cup victory.

(Photo: Female students in front of the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan, in February, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo)

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Tue 20 Dec 202220:06GMT

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