In pictures: Afghan schoolchildren

My name is Ahmed and I am in the third grade.

I am scared and my family is not happy about me going to school. I keep telling them that if I don't go to school I will not be an educated man. We are very poor people and I want to improve our lives.

I don't know who is attacking the schools. But they are very cruel as there are no soldiers in the schools.

Our teachers hardly teach us anything. Most of them just pass their time. The good ones don't come because they are scared.