Kabul Schools

404123 04: Students and teachers wait for documents to be signed by the administrator (lower L) at Amir Dost Mohammed Khan elementary school April 1, 2002 in Kabul. Some 1600 students attend classes in two five hour sessions from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The school was near the front line of factional fighting during Kabul's three years of civil war, 1993-95, and had to regularly close due to shelling. Many of the classrooms are without ceilings or desks and chairs. In most classes, the same textbook must be used by entire class to read from and there is no electricity. Close to 50 students are often crammed into one classroom. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)