Afghan government has been trying to heal after the war trauma suffered by children from Afghanistan

Packed in a muddy classroom, over 3 dozen children such as boys and girls were busy in studying to develop their future and serve their war-ravaged nation.

Without having specific school uniform, majority of the junior learners attending the unique classroom were orphans or had disabled fathers who had lost part or parts of his body within the protracted strife that has sandwiched Afghanistan.

"My dream would be to turn into a physician and serve the poor men and women," a 10-year-old girl Rubina murmured in chat with Xinhua on Tuesday, one day ahead of International Children's Day (June 1) observed across the world.

The ambitious Rubina whose father has lost his leg within the endemic war stated she may well have gotten admission in a private school if her father had been able to fund her education.

At present she is studying in a peaceful space run by Aschiana -- a non-governmental organization supporting orphans, poor and street children.

"We are supporting poor and vulnerable youngsters. Offer them vocational training and inspire them to understand and turn out to be self- sufficient in future," Aschiana' chief Mohammad Yusuf told Xinhua.

The non-profitable body, according to its chief Yusuf is at present covering 7,700 vulnerable children across the militancy- ridden Afghanistan.

"I am quite pleased that Ashiana in addition to offering shelter and education also assists my family with food items which includes wheat and cooking oil," Rubina said while sitting among classmates in a classroom without having chair, desk and personal computer.

Rubina isn't alone that the prolonged war has deprived her of a typical house life and proper education.

"This is very excellent for me and for my family that from 1 side I discover here, and on the other side, I obtain a sack of wheat along with a tin of cooking oil," every month, Mohammad Farhad, 9, yet another child in Aschiana said.

Though there isn't any official statistic on the number of street kids inside the war-plagued Afghanistan according to Aschiana's website you can find an estimated 600,000 working youngsters in the war- torn Afghanistan.

These kids, according to the website are girls and boys between the ages of five to 16 years old.

Youngsters working on streets and involved in child labor to support their families are seen nearly elsewhere in Afghanistan.

These have not youngsters are often busy in shoe polishing, washing cars, work on brick kilns, selling shopping bags, work on farmlands, grazing animals and work in mechanic shops to earn meager sum.

Besides Aschaina, you'll find some-government-run orphanages in Kabul as well as other cities to support and shelter street young children.

Even though the Afghan government has been endeavoring to heal the wounds of Afghan youngsters suffering from war aftermath and has facilitated 8.three million youngsters to get education, some 4.five million school-aged young children, based on officials can not go to school.

"I wish to be a disciplined student and attend my school frequently but unfortunately I am paying the price of war as it killed my father four years ago and ultimately left me alone to bear my family's responsibility," 11-year-old Shakir who sells water on a Kabul street said.

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