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BANNU: Along the restive Pak-Afghan borderlands, a daily wage laborer travels 12 km on his motorcycle every day to fulfil his daughter\u2019s ambitious dream.<\/p>\n
Mia Khan, who lives in Sharan city in the southeastern Paktika Afghan province, parks his motorcycle outside his daughter\u2019s school every morning and waits for classes to end, so they can make the long journey back home together.<\/p>\nStudents attend a class at the Nooranya School in southeastern Paktika province of Afghanistan on Dec. 4, 2019. Mia Khan. (AN Photo) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cYou know, we don\u2019t have female doctors in our entire town. It is my ultimate wish to see my daughter, Rozai, as its first female doctor. I want her to serve humanity,\u201d Khan told Arab News via telephone.<\/p>\n
Paktika shares approximately 300 km border with Pakistan\u2019s newly-merged tribal districts of North and South Waziristan and parts of Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan province, where powerful patriarchal norms still dictate most women\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
But Rozai, her father said proudly, has just been promoted to class 7 at Nooranya School, a community educational institution built by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan.<\/p>\nRozai (in second row) in class with other students at her school, on Dec. 4, 2019. (AN Photo) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cMy name is Rozai and I am the daughter of Mia Khan,\u201d Rozai, who goes by her first name, told Arab News proudly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe come from too long a distance. And I demand a school be established close to our home. Yes, my father is a daily wage laborer. We become too tired after reaching our school and sometimes we get late,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Saif-ur-Rehman Shahab, a representative of the Swedish Committee, told Arab News that Khan, who has for years brought his children to school on a motorcycle, deserved all the appreciation he could get. He has two sons and seven daughters.<\/p>\n
\u201cKhan gets his children, specifically his daughter Rozai, educated in a very challenging situation. You know we have deteriorated security and poor awareness about girls\u2019 education here. Khan is facing acute financial challenges working as a daily wage laborer. I deeply appreciate him for facing all these challenges boldly to educate his daughter,\u201d Shahab said.<\/p>\nA view of the Nooranya School in southeastern Paktika province on Dec. 4, 2019. (AN Photo) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
When contacted, Hikmat Safi, adviser to Afghanistan\u2019s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), told Arab News that Khan\u2019s passion was an inspiration to others.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmid brewing insecurity coupled with cultural limitations, this is really a…positive change when people like Khan come out to educate their children, primarily daughters,\u201d Safi said.<\/p>\n
According to a statement by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the Nooranya School has 220 girl students studying in the facility. The committee has established hundreds of community-based classes and schools in various areas of Paktika province where the majority of the students are girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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