. >> fatima's two younger sisters, aydin and sajia, took notice.ughter ] >> aydin remembers trying to impress shabana, the school's founder, in her interview. >> i was, like, reading a lot of books and i was writing their summaries down. and i was, like, "you know what? i should take this and show her like i'm a smart kid, you should accept me here." [ laughter ] >> it worked. aydin started as a 6th grader in 2016, the year sola expanded to become a full-fledged 6th-12th grade girls boarding school. the only one in afghanistan, funded as a u.s. nonprofit through grants and donations. there were daily assemblies, and the school's own special pledge of allegiance. >> "we are all afghans, we love afghanistan, we will try our best and work hard to improve this beautiful country." >> shabana's goal was both to educate her students and serve the nation by training a generation of leaders from afghanistan's various regions and religious sects. >> my roommate was shia, and i was sunni. and it was my first time to talk to a shia girl. and it was so interest