Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes

STORY: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the university campus and the female students in class 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): SHAGOFA MOHAMMADI, Student of Mustaqbal Pohanton University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NAJIBULLAH NASRAT, Vice chancellor of Mustaqbal Pohanton University STORYLINE: At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. "Learning and education are the tools for the country's development," said student Shagofa Mohammadi. "I am very happy that the universities have reopened." Mohammadi studies Sharia Law. Sitting among more than two dozen female students, she said that it was natural for everyone to want an education. Mohammadi is concerned by a shortage of female lecturers, and some of the classes are taught by male teachers

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-UNIVERSITY-FEMALE STUDENTS

(220304) -- KABUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan students attend a class at Mustaqbal Pohanton University in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on March 2, 2022. At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-UNIVERSITY-FEMALE STUDENTS

(220304) -- KABUL, March 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan students are seen outside a building of Mustaqbal Pohanton University in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on March 2, 2022. At Mustaqbal Pohanton University on the eastern edge of Kabul, the new academic year has just begun. Universities in Afghanistan have been closed since August last year. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Optimistic female Afghan students attend university classes