Afghan Students Defy Attackers and Return to Class

Expand Men carry the coffin of a relative who died in the suicide bombing at Mawoud Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2018. © 2018 Rahmat Gul/AP Photo Madina, 17, headed off to class last Wednesday as she had always done, pursuing her hope to go to university and earn a business degree so she could start her own company. But for Madina and 39 other students – all under 20 years old – those dreams will never come true. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a large classroom in Kabul’s Mawoud Academy, which runs courses to prepare students for Afghanistan’s university entrance…

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