An Afghan girl covers her face with scarf outside Fordosi school on the
first day of the school year in Kabul on March 23, 2003. Ferdosi High
School is the biggest girls school in Kabul and there are three shifts
of classes every day to accomodate all the students. In rural areas of
Afghanistan, many girls are still forbidden to attend school.
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