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Inside A Post-Taliban School

NPR
Published July 13, 2015 at 1:08 PM EDT
This is something you never would have seen under the Taliban: Girls walking to school.
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This is something you never would have seen under the Taliban: Girls walking to school.
Tanweer School is located in a lower middle class neighborhood on the south side of Kabul.
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Tanweer School is located in a lower middle class neighborhood on the south side of Kabul.
A white sheet covers the door of the girls classroom so the boys can't see in and they can't see out.
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A white sheet covers the door of the girls classroom so the boys can't see in and they can't see out.
By high school a lot of teenage girls in Afghanistan have dropped out due to social pressure from their families. These girls are the lucky ones. They all have dreams of going to college.
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By high school a lot of teenage girls in Afghanistan have dropped out due to social pressure from their families. These girls are the lucky ones. They all have dreams of going to college.
Hadia Durani is 15. She says she wants to be president when she grows up.
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Hadia Durani is 15. She says she wants to be president when she grows up.
Layli is 15. She's fiesty and says she sometimes wants to punch the boys who make fun of them when they walk to school.
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Layli is 15. She's fiesty and says she sometimes wants to punch the boys who make fun of them when they walk to school.
Somaya Rahmanzai is 15, geeky and CRAZY confident. She wants to be a brain surgeon when she grows up.
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Somaya Rahmanzai is 15, geeky and CRAZY confident. She wants to be a brain surgeon when she grows up.

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