Jozjan և Balkh Province (Northern Afghanistan)
In the afternoon in Mardyan in northern Afghanistan, dozens of high school girls gathered in a large blue building whose walls were lined with bullet holes. Posters in the hallway warn of unexploded ordnance. But the girls are on the moon. The return of the Taliban to power, և mostly the end of the fighting, made it possible to reinvest in the school. More teenage girls can now go to high school or college. We are not afraid of the Taliban here, they have been there for years, often part of student families. As if the world were upside down. While teenage girls in most parts of the country are still out of school, some have never stopped. Out of sight, the Taliban allowed girls to study in provinces such as Balkh or Jovzjan, where Mardyan is located.
At the age of 24, the principal explains that four years ago he returned to run the school …
Source: Le Figaro
