SAMN
She was in a hurry to reach class on time and shouting in childhood voice “don’t disturb me, don’t disturb me”. Jamila, 8, a girl in grade 2 was walking fast to attend school in a town near Afghan capital Kabul.
A scenery valley located 90 km north of Afghan capital Kabul, Sallang district of Parwan Province, is one of the peaceful areas in Afghanistan where no security incidents and Taliban-linked activities has been reported. “Let me go to school, I want to become a teacher in my future,” Jamila said to this scribe and run away on Friday.
Likewise Jamila, bunches of boys and girls were seen going to school by foot and some even jogging not to miss their classes.
Dozens of girls, attired in black dress and white scarf — the uniform of girl students in Afghanistan, were seen walking on the pathway of the heavily traffic aside Salang highway attracting the attention of passers-by and commuters, a development unthinkable in the conservative Afghanistan during Taliban regime.
Asked another girl about her dream in future, she replied in short answer, “I want to become a gynecologist.”The media shy girl told this reporter without mentioning her grade and name.
A decade ago, when Taliban regime was in power, few girls had the chance to attend school. All women and girls had been forced to wear burqa, an envelope-like dress covering from head to toe and should had the company of a close relative whenever going out of home.
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(Thanks to Pritam Rohila)