Afghan women read books at literacy class

An Afghan woman reads a book at a literacy class in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, June 4, 2013. Some Afghan women attend a literacy class in central Bamyan province, 130km west of capital Kabul. The adult literacy rate in the war-hit country is 39% while the adult female literacy rate remains only 13%.

Afghan women read books at a literacy class in Bamyan province, Afghanistan, June 4, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Massoud>