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Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues April Palmerlee's Trip to Afghanistan


Kabul, Afghanistan
July 1, 2002

Principal of the Ashaqan Arefan school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mohammed Asghar Zakhail, distributes US-donated school supplies to eager students in one of the school's 23 first grade classes. The school has so many first grade classes because girls were banned from attending school during the five-year rule of the Taliban.

Principal of the Ashaqan Arefan school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mohammed Asghar Zakhail, distributes US-donated school supplies to eager students in one of the school's 23 first grade classes. The school has so many first grade classes because girls were banned from attending school during the five-year rule of the Taliban. (photo by DOS - Sally Hodgson)


Released on July 1, 2002

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