To recite verses in Arabic, a language they don t even understand. It isn t any better for boys. The lack of teachers, administrators and equipment has reduced schools to nurseries, without the facilities. But people are organizing to provide minimal education services. There are underground schools in Kabul.
Mothers teach girls in their homes.
It s a kind of resistance. You have to be very brave to do that because it s illegal and the regime cracks down hard on illegal activity. For example, a woman just has to be accused of adultery, by anyone, without any proof, and she is stoned. The Taliban control nearly 90 percent of the country. Read the latest reports of Amnesty International and the UN Human Rights Commissioner.