In a powerful Nov. 13 article, Paul Watson of thestar.com told the story of 16-year-old Roya, an Afghan girl who is attempting to rise above great (and often violent) opposition in her hometown of Kandahar to get an education.
Dare to walk to school here in the Taliban heartland and a girl must endure the cruel taunts of neighbours. Not wild-eyed terrorists, just ordinary folk who think a young lady's proper place is hidden in the home.
They question her morals, call her venomous names, do all they can to make life difficult for the whole family ...
In a land three decades at war, awash in some of the world's crudest and most sophisticated weapons, this Afghan girl is as brave as any soldier.
Roya is not only determined to learn, to finish high school, go on to university and get a degree.
She then plans to stick her neck out even further: in a country where a woman is easily cut down for having the nerve to speak up, the burning ambition of Roya's young life is to become a politician.
“I want to serve my country as much as I can,” she says, her voice racing, as if time is short.
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