The bravery and anger of Afghanistan's schoolgirls
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
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🗓️ 22 May 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The attack on a Kabul school on May 8th heightened fears about what will happen when US and NATO troops fully withdraw from the country. More than 80 people were killed – most of them schoolgirls. It was in an area west of the city, home to many from the minority Hazara community, often targeted for attack. Lyse Doucet talked to some of the survivors and heard of their anger at the failure to protect them. In East Jerusalem, a battle over property has channelled long-held tensions and unresolved grievances. In the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, protestors have been trying to stop Israel evicting eight Palestinian families. Israel’s Supreme Court has delayed a hearing on the evictions, but the case, along with complaints of heavy-handed policing of the Al Aqsa compound during Ramadan, ignited the recent round of violence in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel. Paul Adams visited the streets at the heart of the dispute. Indonesia's capital Jakarta is one of the world’s most polluted cities. Now some of its residents have launched a court case trying to push the government to clean up its atmosphere. Rebecca Henschke, who lived in the city for over a decade, reports on their fight to breathe more easily. For now, Portugal is one of the places British tourists can go without quarantining and the hospitality industry in the Algarve is eager to welcome them back. Nick Beake spoke to local businesspeople hoping to get back in gear. Emma Jane Kirby has reported for the BBC from across Europe and beyond – in settings ranging from the glitz of the Cote d’Azur to the squalor of Sangatte. She's covered big stories and described plenty of dramatic scenes, from shipwrecks to furious street protests. But she’s now working in a different world … the fictional universe of the Archers. Producer: Polly Hope
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.0 | Today we hear from the Easter Ruslim neighborhood which is at the heart of the recent conflict. |
| 0:11.2 | There's a battle for cleaner air in Indonesia with a blanket of cold laden smog over the |
| 0:16.7 | capital Jakarta. |
| 0:18.8 | But in the sunny Algarve in Portugal it smiles all round as the locals welcome the British |
| 0:24.6 | back to their beaches, hotels and restaurants. |
| 0:27.9 | And we hear what it's like to go from reporting stories to telling them as one correspondent |
| 0:33.7 | moves into the fictional world of the archers. |
| 0:38.7 | First to Afghanistan, two weeks ago a potent of what may happen when US and NATO troops |
| 0:44.6 | fully withdraw from the country later this year, a triple bombing outside a secondary school |
| 0:50.1 | with over 80 people killed, most of them schoolgirls. |
| 0:54.7 | The school was in a neighbourhood in the west of the city, home to many from the Hazara |
| 0:59.2 | community, people often targeted. |
| 1:02.6 | There's growing apprehension that the Taliban will play a more dominant role in any future |
| 1:07.7 | Afghan government, threatening the rights of women and girls, least who set has been |
| 1:13.0 | meeting some of the school children who survived. |
| 1:17.2 | Her pink plastic shoes with perky bows glint in the midday sun, 11-year-old Habiba is |
| 1:23.6 | on the march. |
| 1:25.0 | Even as she limps down the road, her friends even littler than her trailing behind. |
| 1:30.4 | Habiba's legs still hurt from the attack just days before. |
| 1:34.4 | One of three bombs which blasted next to her school hurled her to the ground. |
| 1:39.2 | Her friend running with her was hit. |
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