Since returning to power the Taliban have banned secondary school-aged girls from getting an education. Here Farzana*, 16, tells her story
Photograph: Nanna Muus Steffensen/The GuardianPhotograph: Nanna Muus Steffensen/The GuardianLast year I was in 11th grade, the second highest-placed student in my class, with an average grade of 95%. Now I sit at home all day doing almost nothing. Sometimes I help my mum with housework, but really there are no distractions for me.
I have one sister who should be in seventh grade now, and one a year below me. We are all depressed, we are wilting away at home. I just think about my dark future, these wasted efforts, and I sleep all day. When my parents find me sleeping somewhere, they become upset. We are six sisters, and my parents were really committed to our education. My father would always get angry if we missed even one day of school. He would say: look at me, I couldn’t get educated and see what my life is like today. You must study, so you can do something good in future.
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