FILE PHOTO: Afghan girls play in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 18, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
KABUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Afghan girls took entrance exams on Friday for a Turkish foundation in Kabul that runs some of Afghanistan's most highly regarded schools, despite a delay by the Taliban in allowing the 13-year-olds to return to the classroom.
Some 3,500 students sat the highly competitive exams for the Afghan-Turk school system, with girls making up almost 40% of candidates, Reza Parsa, a school official, said.
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