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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1663300.stm
'The prime minister's wife, Cherie Blair, has spoken out against the repression of women's rights under the Taleban.
In a rare foray into frontline politics, Mrs Blair attacked the "repression and cruelty of the joyless Taleban regime".
The women here today prove that the women of Afghanistan still have a spirit that belies their unfair, down-trodden image
The Taleban had denied the basic rights of education and employment to women, who faced brutality if they did not conform, she said.
Her comments came as she launched a campaign to improve Afghan women's rights and education on Monday.
She said: "The women in Afghanistan are as entitled as the women in any country are to have the same hopes and aspirations for ourselves and for our daughters - a good education and career outside the home if they want one, the right to healthcare and, of course, most importantly, a right for their voices to be heard."
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Standing alongside two women teachers from Afghanistan who had fled the country because of the Taleban, Mrs Blair said: "The women here today prove that the women of Afghanistan still have a spirit that belies their unfair, down-trodden image.
"We need to help them free that spirit and give them their voice back, so they can create the better Afghanistan we all want to see."
Downing Street said Mrs Blair wanted to "lend her support" after seeing and reading about how women have been oppressed under the Taleban.
A spokesman said: We feel it is important to underline just what has happened, what the situation has been like for women and girls within Afghanistan.
"Their human rights have been denied, people have been executed in football stadiums in front of cheering crowds, girls have had to be educated in secret. There is a story that we have to keep telling."
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