UNESCO Director-General meets with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on 18 May 2013. [Photo/UNESCO][/caption]Throngs of girls welcomed UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to Afghanistan on 18 May as she began an official three-day visit to the country.

After visiting a school and meeting with the minister of education, the Director-General commented on girls’ education in Afghanistan.

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