Afghan girls and boys show their delight at the opening of a new wing at the Tajwar Sultana Girls School in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Robert Romano U.S. Support Brings Growth to Kabul School
-- American Forces Press Service
-- American Forces Press Service
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2008 – Afghan children are benefiting and thriving thanks to sustained efforts by a U.S. task force and a program that is helping to expand and improve their schools.
A new addition to a Kabul school was opened over the weekend in a ceremony that included Afghan officials, school faculty and U.S. military officials, as well as the local contractors who completed the work.
"This is the greatest day of my life. I feel as though I am the mother of all these children,” said Rabia Abdullah, principal of the Tajwar Sultana Girls School. “We used to teach them in tents, and now we have a school."
The school is located within the Afghan capital’s Police District 4 in a village known as Kololah Pushta. More than 4,000 students, mostly girls, attend classes there in three shifts each day. The curriculum includes primary school in the morning, high school in the midday and middle school in the afternoon.
Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix, based at Camp Phoenix here, has been investing U.S. funds in Afghan school and community construction and rehabilitation projects through the Commanders Emergency Response Program as part of its mission to support the government of Afghanistan and its people.
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My Comment: This would be impossible in a Taliban/Al Qaeda ruled country.