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Afghanistan: Shutdown of schools for girls force publishers, booksellers to close shop

Publishers and booksellers have stated that they have stopped importing books from other nations due to a lack of market and hundreds of books on politics, economics and society have remained unsold for months, the report claimed. Aqeel Noori, a bookseller, said she had not imported books in two years as the sales were down. Ahmad Zai, another bookseller, said 80 per cent of his customers were girls and schools and universities have been closed for them, as per the news report.