Barikot, Afghanistan, April 22, 2026 (AFP) - War with Pakistan halts school for Afghan border children

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2026-04-22

There are no children in the Afghan border village of Barikot, where the school has been smashed by shells and the playground sits deserted after weeks of war with Pakistan. Almost all of the 8,000 residents fled after the conflict erupted in late February, but AFP journalists travelled to the remote area of the Hindu Kush just after the road to Barikot reopened this week. Ruhollah Khpalwak, a shopkeeper whose store was destroyed, stood in the s......

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