Afghan girl who lost an eye in suicide attack passes university entrance exam with flying colours
An Afghan teenager who lost one of her eyes in a suicide attack earlier this year in September has passed her university exams with flying colours. 17-year-old Fatemeh Amiri sustained severe damage to her jaw, and ear and lost an eye in the attack on the Kaaj education centre in Kabul in September. More than 50 people were killed in the attack, and dozens were injured mostly, females.
“On the day of the exam, I was affected by the Kaaj attack – my eye was in pain, I couldn’t see the question papers properly,” Fatemeh Amiri said while talking about the impact of the attack, as per BBC news.
“Girls’ talent should not be ignored… This is not a setback for girls, they won’t accept defeat,” Amiri said.
Fatemeh Amiri resumed her studies while recovering from her injuries and scored 85% in her University exams. She expressed the desire to study Computer Science at Kabul University.
“One hundred per cent I will do computer science, I loved it and I am sure I will be able to go ahead with it,” she noted.
Notably, the Kaaj tuition centre is a private college where both male and female students are rolled. Most of the educational institutions for females closed down since the Taliban takeover in August last year. Some private schools are, however, open.
Notably, earlier this week, a video of a Taliban official beating female students outside a university in Afghanistan went viral. Visuals showed a Taliban official – reportedly a member of the Ministry of Vice and Virtue – using a whip on female students as they protested their right to education. Some accounts of the incident have also suggested that they (or at least some of them) had not been denied entry for not wearing a Burqa.
