In pics: studying conditions of Afghan students in captial of Balkh, Afghanistan

Afghan students study under a tent used as a classroom at the Mawlana Jalaludin Mohammad Balkhi School in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan, Nov. 23, 2019. More than 600,000 students with 45 percent of them being girls are receiving an education in 540 schools across Balkh province, but unfortunately 20 percent of the pupils study under tents or in the open air, observed Mohammad Hamayon Nabizada, the deputy administrator of the Provincial Education Department. (Photo by Yaqoub Azorda/Xinhua)