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Helmand Schools

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Nearly half of Helmand schools without buildings

Nearly half of schools in southern Helmand province have no buildings, with students forced to study in rented houses, the education director said on Saturday. Daud Shah Safari told Pajhwok Afghan News hundreds of schools in the province…

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School reopens in Helmand’s Baghran after 30 years

A school in the Baghran district of southern Helmand province has been reactivated after 30 years, at a time when the Taliban are in control of the district. Deshu and Baghran are two districts which have been under…

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No school open in Taliban-held Baghran district

The governor of southern Helmand province on Wednesday said the Taliban had closed tens of schools in the Baghran district. Hayatullah Hayat, inaugurating the new academic year at a gathering in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, struck a gas…

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Insecurity, not Taliban, challenge to Helmand schools

Taliban officials say. In an exclusive interview, Education Director Abdul Mateen Jafar told Pajhwok Afghan News some of schools in the northern districts of Helmand opened late due to insecurity. “My personnel in Musa Qala have informed me…