A child attending school smiles while listening to local elders speak about security and education in Garmsir district, Afghanistan in March 2012. Afghanistan’s education system has been devastated by more than three decades of sustained conflict. An estimated 3.7 million children are out-of-school in Afghanistan – 60 percent of them are girls, according to UNICEF.

First published in the April 05, 2019, 10:06 p.m. edition

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