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Gholam Muhammad Sabori (seated right), with his spouse (seated left), children, a sister and a niece. The picture was taken (circa 1991) after a RAWA school function in Quetta.

'Girls going to schools would be the real revolution in Afghanistan'

  • Sep 02, 2026

The daughters and granddaughters of these warlords, like those of several key Taliban commanders, live and study abroad. Sabori’s school in Archi is half-closed, owing to the ban on education for girls over 12 years of age. Several underground schools have sprung up where even some Taliban foot-soldiers send their daughters. 

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