Girls excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan

Afghan school girls 

Afghan school girls walk in a street in Kabul on August 15, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country's new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom. 

The hardline Islamist group ousted the US-backed government last month, promising a softer brand of rule than their repressive reign in the 1990s, when women were mostly banned from education and work.