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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools where women defy the Taliban to educate girls

It's been nearly five years since the Taliban banned education for girls older than 12 in Afghanistan. Every day seems to bring a new law limiting them, but Afghan women are pushing back. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen and videographer Eric O'Connor visited a secret underground school in Kabul and sat down with the women risking their lives to protest the oppressive rules.

Inside Afghanistan's secret schools where women defy the Taliban to educate girls

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