Ching Eikenberry speaks of the importance the all girl school represents to the people in the Zabul Province and the progression this will bring to the women during the opening ceremony, Oct. 19, 2009. Currently, less than one percent of the female population in Afghanistan is literate and the opening of an all female school shows a great deal of progression for the Pashtun people. Mrs. Eikenberry is the wife of Afghanistan Abmassador Karl Eikenberry.