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Read Alive in Afghanistan's "Access to Education: How We Did It" to learn about the way we investigated access to education barriers in #Afghanistan with support from @afghan_witness alive-in.org/access-to-educ…


Afghans face many barriers to accessing education, from lack of schools to poverty or family and social biases. However, disability is one of the worst as it can prevent Afghan youth from overcoming even the most simple barriers. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/education-leav…

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Sustained conflict in Afghanistan over the last 4 decades has repeatedly forced Afghans to flee their homes. The displacement, and migration, caused countless children to leave school, most often for good. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/no-education-f…

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The long distance from villages to schools remains one of the main barriers to schooling across Afghanistan, especially in rural areas with less access to essential services, including education. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/long-walks-for…

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#Afghan female baker Bibi Gul is the 2nd in three generations of #women in her family deprived of #education documented for this story. Plucked out of school in 6th grade, she struggles to accept the same fate for her daughters. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/culture-keeps-…

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A woman in southwestern Nimroz province has established an education facility offering courses. This initiative aims to provide educational opportunities for women and girls barred from seeking education above 6th grade. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/taliban-approv…

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Retired #Afghans who served in various public sectors lament #pension cutoffs following the #Taliban takeover of #Afghanistan. These pensions served as an economic relief for families in dire need of assistance. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/two-years-late…

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#Afghan migrants deported from and residing in #Iran report the distressing situation, including harassment, abuse, and restrictions on movement that they face in the neighboring country. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/tortured-for-a…

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Access to Education is not a recent challenge in #Afghanistan, it goes back to the country's formation in 1774. Please read our press release on the occasion of #WorldEducationDay by clicking the link: alive-in.org/education-stil… #EducationDay #EducationMatters #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

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They were told school is not for them, that it’s bad for a girl to seek education, and were made to sit at home at a young age. Now, these Afghan women above 40 years in age share accounts of their crushed hopes. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/education-an-a…

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Children cheerfully playing traditional instruments, singing, and dancing in #Afghanistan's northeastern #Badakshan province.


Baba Zareef’s dream of being educated was quashed at 11 with his father arrested. At 67, he now works as a janitor at a local school, a place he once hoped would change his life for the better. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/illiterate-amo…

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Anisa is a 26 year-old Afghan woman paralyzed from the waist down due to her family’s disbelief in vaccines. She uses her hands to walk around the house. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/her-greatest-d…

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A small community of Hazaras lives peacefully in Garmser, a Pashtun-dominated district of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Residents of the village talk of the strong relationship between the two ethnic groups. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/community-of-h…

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A devastating pair of earthquakes coupled with numerous aftershocks starting on the morning of October 7 in Afghanistan’s Herat province has left 1,300 people dead, and more than 17,000 others affected. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/after-quake-a-…

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Three sisters in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province have been forcibly engaged by their family for meager dowries. One of them tells of their ordeal. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/forcing-childr…

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Ghulam Sakhi has been a glassblower in western Afghanistan’s Herat province for 40 years, but this craft has been a part of his family for generations. Sakhi now harbors the fear that the artform will perish with him. Read the full story here: alive-in.org/afghan-glassbl…

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