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In pictures: Afghan school life


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"My name is Lema and I am from that village in the mountain. I walk for a long long time with my friends. I like coming to school because we tell stories among ourselves. "I don't like it when it rains or is windy because we can't sit outside, so we walk all the way back to our village. I don't know what I want to be in the future, but I like teaching a lot."

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