we contact the u.s. a united states agency for international development. their offices are located behind these walls. a perimeter reserved to those holding the bag for those outside the walls it's traffic jams and danger. we want to see with our own eyes one of the six hundred eighty schools. we've been talking to julie and the press agent for ten days. she's having trouble finding those calling you because i would love to have some addresses of schools to be able to feel much. kate ok you put the address on it right. great. ten days to get the address of a school in kabul a girls' high school that is under construction. we rush to it. we find ourselves in front of a magnificent billboard picturing a truly beautiful building. ok so where is the school. the school the kids. who board where. oh you know i heard that. the board's been here for one and a half years. when they put it up that they promised the construction starts and everything would be completed until the sun is up but it's almost two years now and still nothing. really i've been calling sayin

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