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Ali and Hussain Saberi, with Dari textbooks published by USAID.
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"Now my children can walk safely and easily to school. The cars move faster and the drive is smoother. Now it’s much easier for me to take my fruit and vegetables to the market. This paved road is very good“ - Sultan Mohammad and his six children, walking along the road from their village of Andar to attend a wedding in Shahkabul, Wardak Province.
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Girls preparing to go to school.
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At a job fair held at the Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI), graduating students complete employment applications. ATVI prepares its students for employment in key sectors including horticulture, construction, information and communications technology (ICT), and vehicle maintenance.
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Women participated in the USAID-sponsored "Back to School" project.
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USAID continues to support construction for girl's schools around Afghanistan.
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USAID supports construction for girl's schools around Afghanistan.
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Dr. Jatinder Cheema congratulates a graduate of the Afghan Vocational Training Institute on May 15, 2008.
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Laborers worked overnight to avoid disrupting daytime school operation.
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The new school will provide classroom space for students who currently must take exams outside.
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Artist’s rendition of Ghazi School after construction.
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Members of the construction team worked overnight to lay the school’s foundation.
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Female students attending classes before construction of Goshta School
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Goshta School during construction.
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Goshta School after construction; eight classrooms accommodate 364 boys and girls
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At a school for disadvantaged children, sponsored by the ARO (Afghanistan Relief Organization), on the outskirts of Kabul, a librarian checks outs books for the children.
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A black board in a school for disadvantaged children in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Female student attend class at a school sponsored by the ARO (Afghanistan Relief Organization).
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Female students attend a school sponsored by the Afghanistan Relief Organization (ARO).
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A young Afghan female student smiles with her friends at school. Female enrollment has grown continuously over the last seven years.
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Ambassador Wood inaugurates The American University of Afghanistan's Bernice Nachman Marlowe Library.
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Kabul University Students have many tough questions concerning their safety, education, foreign policy and their future.
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Female students at a school sponsored by the ARO (Afghanistan Relief Organization).
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Building Education Support Systems for Teachers (BESST) trainers during a group work session.
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Kabul Medical University Chancellor Obaidullah Obaid with KMU lecturers and Aga Khan University experts at the opening ceremonies.
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“Let’s Go to School” is an inspiring message stenciled on buildings throughout Chagcharan, Ghor Province.
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Kabul University Chancellor Dr. Amin presents a computer training certificate.
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Shaikh Zayed University faculty, including Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Hussain Hussaini, take their final exam in English.
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KEU’s women faculty learn about decision making and unity.
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A teacher learns to use a microscope.
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Former Deputy Mission Director Chuck Drilling hands a laptop to an Afghan student.
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Conference participants tour the Nursing Skills Lab at Kabul Medical University.
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Mrs. Shafiqa studies her notes during a USAID teacher training session.
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Students at this primary school in rural Ghor province now have the opportunity to learn from a skilled teacher.
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A Kabul University student learns to use a fire extinguisher during safety training.
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An MPPA student defends his thesis.
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Humanities teachers work together to develop lesson plans.
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Construction begins on a high school in Kabul.
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USAID teacher trainers work with Ministry of Education specialists.
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Ambassador Wayne speaks with Deputy Minister of Education Babury and students about life in the USG-built National Women's Dormitory.
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Of the six million children enrolled in primary and secondary school, 35 percent are girls.
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Young girls study their lessons at Sardar Kabuli Girls’ School in Kabul. Currently, there are more than two million girls in school in Afghanistan, which exceeds the total school enrollment of boys and girls under the Taliban.
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Ms. Farzia Sabzwary from the Kabul University Research Center (left) with IT course instructor Talwasa Khairkhwa (right).
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In late October 2009, USAID laid the massive earthquake-resistant foundation for Sardar Kabuli Girls' High School. When completed, the school will serve more than 4,000 girls in Afghanistan's capital.