Across the country, girls are risking arrest by going to school in secret, refusing to give up their fight for an education.
Ayesha goes to a secret school six days a week, mainly to keep seeing people outside her home. It’s the only way to avoid total isolation under Taliban rule, she says. It’s the only way to feel alive.
The Taliban ended that dream when they banned formal education for girls beyond sixth grade in 2022.
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