Public universities in Afghanistan opened on Wednesday for the first time since the Taliban took control of the country last year.  

Female students were among the students heading back to class in six of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.  

Male and female students will attend separated classes. The Taliban have said previously they have no objection to education for women, but want classes to be segregated and the curriculum based on Islamic principles.

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