like the children here, freshta is from the hazara ethnic group. for centuries, the hazara have faced discrimination in afghanistan. but they dream of a brighter future. >> i would like to become a doctor and treat people in the surrounding area. >> i want to be a teacher and later teach in a school for boys. reporter: sekaina is the best student in the class. when she stands in front of the others, she forgets for a moment that in this region, women are expected to devote their lives to cooking and other domestic work. after school, it's a short walk home for sekaina and her two siblings, where their mother is waiting. their father is working on a building site at the moment. he doesn't have a permanent job, so the family has to make ends meet with any casual labor he can find. sekaina: i hope that in a few years, i can go to high school and later attend university in kabul. i would also like to become a doctor. reporter: a very different path from her mother, who can neither read nor write. as a teenager, she was forced into an arranged marriage.