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Women's education in Afghanistan: Sandarwa rural school

Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Afghan girls attend school in the village of Sandarwa in eastern Afghanistan Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
A teacher gives a class to women in Sandarwa. Many teachers have been executed in remote villages by the Taliban during the latest resurgence Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Women's education has been severely compromised in Afghanistan as a resurgent Taliban has practised a policy of intimidation Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Afghan boys also attend the school in the village of Sandarwa in eastern Afghanistan Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
The United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef, says 80% of girls aged between seven and 12 in Kandahar province do not attend school, compared with 45% of boys. The comparable figures in Kabul are 33% and 14% Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandarwa rural school
Teachers in Kandahar province's handful of girls' schools say they regularly receive death threats Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Children taking a lesson at school Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Women have been subjected to burning and killing for attending school Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Afghan rural school: Sandrwa rural school
Boys practise writing in their village school Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Sandrwa rural school
US Army vehichles patrol through the village in the village of Sandarwa in eastern Afghanistan. The Obama administration is still considering its options on troop deployments to Afghanistan, which has recently witnessed an upsurge of violence against coalition forces Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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