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UN Agency Seeks Funding for Education in Afghanistan
Fri, 03/28/2008 - 14:00
- Artist: Zack Baddorf
- Length: 5:18 minutes (4.86 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
An estimated 6.2 million children in Afghanistan began school this month, up by half a million from the year before. But the United Nations Children's Fund estimates that still, in the seventh year of the NATO occupation, only about a third of Afghan boys complete primary schools compared to 13 percent of girls. UNICEF is appealing for nearly $13 million in emergency funding for Afghanistan. Zack Baddorf reports from Kabul.
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