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KABUL: Afghanistan risks becoming a forgotten crisis unless the Taliban reopen schools for girls, a top UN official warned on Tuesday. The hardline Islamists sparked outrage last week after ordering girls’ secondary schools to shut down just hours after allowing them to reopen for the first time since seizing power seven months ago. On Tuesday Achim Steiner, head of the …

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