After the test center was hit by a suicide bomber
Afghani ranks first in university entrance exams
Shamsia Ali Zada found great support from her father.
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The daughter of a coal miner took first place in the Afghan university entrance examination.
Shamsia Ali Zada, 17, lost dozens of her classmates when a suicide bomber entered the University Preparation Center in Kabul in 2018. Despite this, she beat nearly 200,000 students in the university entrance exam in the country.
Her academic achievement, announced by the Ministry of Education on television, was welcome news at a time when the government was holding peace talks with the "Taliban" movement.
While Afghanistan has endured decades of conflict, Shamsia's few colleagues could have endured the same hardship.
At least 40 people were killed in the attack, and more than 60 others were wounded. “The memory of that explosion still haunts me,” Shamsia tells the Times newspaper, adding, “I lost my friends in that massacre and the room turned into a bloodbath.” The accident dreams of many families with the loss of their children. ”
She says that her classmate, "Rahila", was a brilliant student, and "died that day with all her dreams."
Shamsia is considered an inspiration in a country that is struggling to improve girls ’education, after the Taliban prevented them from attending school during their rule.
According to the United Nations, nearly 2.2 million Afghan girls do not go to school.
Nevertheless, the Alizada family, who is originally from the Jagori area, in Ghazni province, has come a long way to help Shamsiah get to where she is.
Her father, Nasim Ali Zadeh, 46, struggled to provide education for his three children and moved his family several times to different cities, for their safety and better education opportunities.
According to the United Nations, nearly 2.2 million Afghan girls do not go to school.
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