TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, UNESCO said Tuesday. Why are Afghan girls banned from secondary schools and universities? But secondary schools were closed to girls in March 2022. What has happened to girls' education since the Taliban takeover? UNESCO has called for the immediate and unconditional restoration of girls' and women's right to secondary and higher education.