Eight young Afghan women has been given the opportunity to study in US colleges, thanks to the grass-root based Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund in New Jersey.

The fund seeks to jump-start the education of Afghan women whose studies stalled under the Taliban regime, which banned girls from attending school.

The goal is for the women to obtain a college education to prepare them to return home and assist in the rebuilding of Afghanistan, according to Leo Motiuk, one of the founders.........click for more

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