Taliban maraud the streets of Kabul hunting girls as young as 12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : The United Nations says nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in May and June in escalating violence, the highest number for those months since records started in 2009 Aug. 6 - Zaranj in the south of the country becomes the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban in years.
38% : Under threat of execution, girls were banned from mainstream education after the age of 8 - forcing those who wanted to learn to do so in secret schools.
38% : Khurram, a 22-year-old former youth representative to the United Nations, is just months away from graduating from Kabul University, but she and fellow female students now face an uncertain future.

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