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World Service,3 mins

A hot summer's Ramadan in Afghanistan

The Fifth Floor

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This year Ramadan has fallen in summer and temperatures in Afghanistan have reached 45 degrees. So students in Balkh university have taken to the streets to demand time off from study and exams during Ramadan, but the older generation isn't impressed. And for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Afghan's Firuz Rahimi the whole debate has sparked memories of his own student days. Photo credit: Getty Images

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