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"Afghan Student"
8-year-old Afghan student, Kamilah, sits in one of Cheplany Primary
School's burned out classrooms in Dand, a small rural village south
of Kandahar city. Dand is the home district of Afghan President, Hamid
Karzai. Following the school’s destruction in May 2006, one
of the school's head teachers was implicated in the burning through
old ties to the Taliban. But the school’s headmaster has no
doubt it was the Taliban themselves who are responsible. The school
was built by a Japanese non-governmental organization in 2004. School
officials say that the students will go back to school despite the
loss of the building, reminding their students that before the school
was built, students' classes were held in a field. Afghanistan witnessed
a Taliban resurgence that began in spring 2006 in the southern provinces,
their strongest show of force since they lost power in the country
in 2001. Despite increased military efforts in the south, the Taliban
continue to grow and strengthen, effectively fighting coalition forces,
and raising concerns about Afghanistan’s stability. |
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