(4 Oct 2001)
VOICED BY: VERA FRANKL
0.00 Wide shot of slum area containing school
0.06 Children in street, boy slips into ditch
0.11 Various of male students on the floor praying
0.17 UPSOUND: Students praying
0.19 Three girls at the back of classroom
0.23 Various of teacher and students
0.50 Closeup of teacher
0.56 Various of children singing
1.04 UPSOUND: (Pashtu) Noor Mohammad, student
1.12 Various of children emerging from classroom after lesson
STORYLINE
On the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, many Afghan children are learning about a homeland few of them have seen.
They're the children of Afghan refugees and spend most of their days studying four subjects, English, Urdu, their native Pashtu, Osama bin Laden.
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More than 10-thousand Afghan refugees live in this slum about 150 miles from their homeland.
Hidden inside, the labyrinth of its narrow alleys, is the Afghan Public School.
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Here, more than 30 boys squat on mats on the dirt floor for classes.
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UPSOUND: Students singing
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A mere handlful of girls sit at the back of the class, separated from the boys.
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Most of the children, aged between four and eight, have never known any home other than a refugee settlement.
The school, which has been running for a year, offers a limited curriculum.
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Much of the teaching her focusses on the Taliban and on Osama bin Laden, the prime suspect in the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.
The emphasis is on learning through repetition and recitation.
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The teacher says education is key to these children's future and his students are eager to learn.
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Although many have never even visited Afghanistan, they strongly identify with the threat facing their country.
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UPSOUND: (Pashtu) Noor Mohammad, student
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We don't want America to attack Afghanistan, this little boys says, and if it does then we will do something against it.
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Many of his fellow students feel the same.
And although they're still very young, most appear to have an adult understanding of the seriousness of the situation facing Afghanistan.
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