An Afghan teacher, right, teaches children how to read the Quran, Islam's holy book, at a local madrassa, or seminary, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec 23, 2013. Islamic seminaries in Afghanistan are generally considered a source of education for poor families and children whose families could not afford expensive fees of formal schools.

二○一三年十二月二十三日周一，阿富汗喀布爾一間神學院，有位阿富汗老師（右後方）在教孩子如何閱讀《古蘭經》。一般而言，阿富汗的伊斯蘭神學院是窮人子弟的教育來源，他們的家庭往往負擔不起正規學校的昂貴學費。編譯／楊慧莉       圖／法新社