Khawar was preparing to start medical school in Afghanistan when Taliban fighters swept into the capital Kabul, seizing power and imposing the world’s only ban on educating girls over 12. Khawar had already bought a pile of textbooks, with dreams of becoming a cardiologist. But three years on, her days…
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