Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Lawn | 1st Theater Sustainment Command | 03.08.2014
In 2011, more than 2.4 million Afghan girls were attending school as reported by the Oxfam report. Under the Taliban, it is estimated that no more than 5,000 females attended schools. In contrast today, more than 49 percent of Afghanistan’s 32 million people are female, according to the World Bank. Statistically, women in Afghanistan are starting to take the lead, and yesterday, at New Kabul......
