Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls

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Recorded05 Jan 2011

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Alan Johnston hears one woman's account of how she and others defied the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls in Afghanistan, by setting up secret schools and helping teachers to give lessons in their homes.

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