Lying in her hospital bed, a survivor of a triple bombing in Kabul that left dozens of fellow schoolgirls dead has vowed to return to the classroom, despite the danger.
Arifa, 17, said she did not know exactly why anyone would attack her school, but speculated: “Maybe because they don’t want us to study and get educated and move forward”.
Girls’ education was forbidden when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan before the 2001 US-led invasion.
Miriam, 17, was on her way home from school when…
