• 3 months ago
When the Taliban banned women in Afghanistan from attending university, many students had to abandon their dreams for the future. Now, a campaign by the Linda Norgrove Foundation will enable 19 Afghan women studying medicine to continue their education in Scotland.
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00:00It was at night that I was studying and preparing for tomorrow's exam that one of my sister
00:29told me that I saw a news from Taliban that they announced that from tomorrow the girls
00:35cannot go to universities.
00:56Coming to Scotland changed everything and it has given me the hope for a better future.
01:02I can become a doctor, I can become independent financially and I can serve my family, my
01:09community to the best of my ability.

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