Girls’ education made gains
During the two-decade-long war in Afghanistan, the U.S. government poured more than $1.1 billion into Afghanistan to improve education – and get more girls into the classroom.
This emerged as a key policy goal during the Obama administration, championed by then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who during a 2010 trip to Kabul vowed that no peace deal with the Taliban would trample on women’s rights.
“We will not abandon you. We will stand with you always,” said Clinton, according to an account of her visit published in Foreign Policy.
Girls’ education did make big gains during that period. During the first Taliban regime, an estimated
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