{"id":241051,"date":"2019-12-04T16:17:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=241051"},"modified":"2019-12-04T16:17:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:17:32","slug":"afghan-father-who-wants-to-educate-his-girls-in-war-torn-afghanistan-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/afghan-father-who-wants-to-educate-his-girls-in-war-torn-afghanistan-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan Father Who Wants To Educate His Girls in War-Torn Afghanistan Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mia Khan from Afghanistan&#8217;s Paktika province is an ideal candidate for the &#8216;father of the year&#8217; award. His bravery and commitment to education was recently highlighted in a viral social media post.<\/p>\n<p>In war-torn Afghanistan, where educating girls is looked down upon, Mia Khan isn&#8217;t letting &#8216;traditional&#8217; attitudes in the way of doing what&#8217;s best for his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>He takes his three daughters to the Nooraniya school, which is some 12 kilometers away from home. He commutes on his motorcycle daily.<\/p>\n<p>By itself, this could be a pretty normal thing. But this is war-scarred Afghanistan we are talking about. So concerned about their safety is Mia Khan that he waits for four hours for his daughters&#8217; classes to end, and then take them home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Read full story <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ye44h2sCBK\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ye44h2sCBK<\/a> how and why Mia Khan brings his daughters every day to the Nooraniya school which is run by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan!<br \/>\ud83c\udfcd\ufe0f\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\udfeb\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf93 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QyYZ9cdPAH\">https:\/\/t.co\/QyYZ9cdPAH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Svenska Afghanistankommitt\u00e9n SAK\/SCA (@SAK_Sweden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAK_Sweden\/status\/1202149897606180867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is all the more remarkable when you get to know that Mia Khan is an illiterate man himself. However, he wants his daughter to be a doctor. Why a doctor? That&#8217;s because their village doesn&#8217;t have a lady medical practitioner.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what he says about his decision to educate his daughters:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am illiterate, and I live on daily wage, but my daughters&#8217; education is very valuable to me because there is no female doctor in our area. It is my greatest desire to educate my daughters like my sons\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/heres-how-one-mans-struggle-against-forced-marriage-in-kpk-became-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s How One Man&#8217;s Struggle Against Forced Marriage in KPK Became Law<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Nooraniya school is run by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/swedishcommittee.org\/blog\/father-who-considers-educating-his-daughters-duty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Swedish Committee for Afghanistan<\/a>, all three of Mia Khan&#8217;s daughters go to this school. The reason Mia Khan chose this school was because of the quality of education they provide.<\/p>\n<p>His inspiring story is now making rounds on the Internet. Netizens are making his story heard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Ftalha.dragneel%2Fposts%2F755152321563367&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some heroes don&#39;t wear caps, just like Mia Khan who takes his daughter on 12km motorcycle ride to school daily, and waits there for 4 hours  untill class ends, because even though he&#39;s uneducated, he wants his daughter to become his village&#39;s first lady doctor.\ud83d\udc4f\u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9APj6WFzxp\">pic.twitter.com\/9APj6WFzxp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc12.\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25(\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0)\ud835\udc46\ud835\udc46\ud835\udc34 (@DaoodSalman5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaoodSalman5\/status\/1202146653794373633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PakistanFirst_\/status\/1202135319396716544<\/p>\n<p>While one&#8217;s socio-economic background does determine the opportunities they receive, some people go out of their way to ensure their children have everything they didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wish every daughter is blessed with such a father <\/p>\n<p>god bless n their dreams come true<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vegan (@gh14sharma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gh14sharma\/status\/1202053214067023873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proud of him &amp; you to spread his heroics..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\uddef \ud83c\udde6 \u0fd7 (@jayantcahale65) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayantcahale65\/status\/1202049392980574208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>People are pointing out why we shouldn&#8217;t judge people based on their situation. Mia Khan&#8217;s turban and beard do not set him apart from every parent wanting a better future for their children.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Fomerufo%2Fposts%2F10162778823210541&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Afghanistan has truly so many inspiring stories, some prople of Afghanistan seems so awesome<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shantinath Chaudhary (@shantihp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shantihp\/status\/1202049345454923777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He is a True Muslim..<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; K.P.Nagarajan (@UnagK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnagK\/status\/1202047182578184193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-umair-najeeb-khan-and-his-band-of-pakistani-superheroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet Umair Najeeb Khan And His Band of Pakistani Superheroes<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This had people pointing out how education has more to do with enlightenment than a college degree.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">May be Academically he is Not educated but Practically He is much more Educated than so called Educated persons .Salute .<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0905\u0915\u094d\u0938 (@kulwinderaks1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kulwinderaks1\/status\/1202092104366927875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He is qualified&#8230; Education have nothing to do with qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TORUK MAKTO (@Attack_Minister) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Attack_Minister\/status\/1202074851508228103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RenuSha36631550\/status\/1202094618302648322<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mia Khan from Afghanistan&#8217;s Paktika province is an ideal candidate for the &#8216;father of the year&#8217; award. His bravery and commitment to education was recently highlighted in a viral social media post. In war-torn Afghanistan, where educating girls is looked down upon, Mia Khan isn&#8217;t letting &#8216;traditional&#8217; attitudes in the way of doing what&#8217;s best for his daughter. 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