Crestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belongings and filed out
Girls attend a class after their school reopened in Kabul on March 23, 2022. - The reopening of secondary schools for girls across Afghanistan on March 23 prompted joy and apprehension among the tens of thousands of students deprived of an education since the Taliban's return to power. (Credit: Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP)