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Almost 50pc of Afghan children out of school: UN

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KABUL (Pajhwok): About 3.7 million Afghan children are out of school due to the on-going conflict, grinding poverty and discrimination against girls, an UN agency said on Sunday.

In a new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Almost half of Afghan children aged between seven and 17 were not going to school. For the first time since 2002, the out-of-school rate has gone up.

Titled Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children, the report indicates persistent discrimination against . . .

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