The women who escaped Afghanistan to get an education

Over three years since the Taliban takeover and restrictions on women, we hear from those studying abroad.

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But for women and girls in Afghanistan, there is still a ban from secondary school classrooms, and much of public life, by the Taliban.

Mah, 22, fled from the country in August 2021 when the group swept into the capital Kabul.

She is now getting an education in the UK, starting a GCSE in English this week and she tells BBC Newsbeat: "I am happy for myself. I am safe. I have freedom. I am free."

"But at the same time, my friends in Afghanistan can’t do anything," she adds.

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