A worker cleans the pathway of Esteqlal High School in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 21, 2023, as Afghan schools reopened for the new academic year, but no classes were held as students were unaware ...

But 18-year-old Kabul resident Zuhal Shirzad had to stay home when the school bell rang. "Every year when my brother went to school, I felt very disappointed," she told AFP. "I was happy for him ...

KABUL, March 21 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's school year started on Tuesday, the education ministry said, as the U.N. children's agency renewed calls for teenage girls to be able to rejoin the ...