Afghan children study in a school in Ghazni province May 6, 2012. More than 100 mixed or girls' schools have closed in Ghazni province in recent weeks in what the Ministry of Education says is a Taliban campaign against educating girls. The Taliban denied involvement. Afghan girls were banned from receiving an education and women were not allowed to work or vote under the five-year rule of the hardline Islamist Taliban before the group was toppled by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001. Picture taken May 6, 2012. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: EDUCATION POLITICS)