G. K. Chesterson says, 'Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.' Unfortunately in Afghanistan the condition is quite reverse if compared with many other countries of the world. There have always been constrains for the people Afghanistan to get education. Afghanistan is falls in the list of countries where literacy rate is very low. It is a country where the education sector has been badly affected by violence. Only in 2011, there were more than 670 attacks on schools.

The number attacks are especially high in the areas where Taliban have influence and control. The education sector has been suffering due the three decades of non-stop violence in the country. As result of soviet invasion and the civil war which occurred shortly afterwards, many schools were destroyed, and the whole education process was negatively affected.

Before the foreigners' negative interference in Afghanistan, this country was quite well on the track of better education. In 1919 King Amanullah seized the Afghan throne and began a rapid headway of secular education system, with practical focus on expanding education for women and likewise for men.

The kings who took power following Amanullah, was more cautious in their attempt to develop education institutions for people. Publically, they were searching with sorehead for their awareness. As much they could they would avoid basis from the country.

In 1979 when the soviet forces occupied Afghanistan, the system of ruling in the country tottered. But the education system was not much affected.
During the soviet occupation, Afghan lived through devastating war fueled by external forces. In spite of soviet attack, getting education and establishing education centers for man and women was not a crime; instead with rise of soviet government many literacy programs were lunched.

With downfall of communist government in 1992, the country was broken down among warring function. Many of them put restriction on some of the cultures followed by the people. They severely opposed modern education for men and women. And incredible rules were imposed on female which were quite difficult for them to pursue. Millions of Afghans, particularly the educated ones, migrated to other countries. Many of the schools were not destroyed by war but were closed due to lack of security, the lack of teachers and teaching materials, or simply because of dire of poverty.

The country got its terrible face when Taliban conquered Afghanistan. Girls' access to education was critically confined and the boys had to learn religious subjects in Madrassas. For them the curriculum was highly captured by religious studies instead of science, technology, literature etc.

Regretfully, the situation of education system under Taliban rule went from bad to worse. The cruel rulers brought the hell life for the citizens all over the country. Men did enjoy some limited freedom but not the women. Hapless women were entirely restricted about deprived of their basic rights to social and political rights. Taliban mandated women to receive their health care from female health care providers, although there were almost no expert female doctors.

Brutal Taliban could not think of this that, when female are not allowed to gain knowledge and education in proper manner towards medical approaches, how they could be helpful for the sick women? It is believe the under Taliban, countless women lost their life, girls were tortured, many committed suicide. And children were abused and lost their rights.

Education system greatly improved with ouster of Taliban regime 2001. By 2002, many schools reopened and enrollment of girls and boys sharply increased the participation of afghan children and adults continuously increased day by day. Until 2005, according to the Ministry of Education reports, 5.2 million students were enrolled in grades one through twelve.

That includes 1.82 to 1.95 million girls and women, as far as Afghanistan has one of the youngest populations in earth planet. Each generation enthusiastically take part in different programs on the base of education, and try to bring headways in Afghanistan. In the recently years admirable development occurred in the way to education.

Despite sharp development, the Afghan education sector remains badly affected and faces serious challenges.

Up to now different cities in Afghanistan, still experience barbaric attacks Taliban insurgents who continue targeting places like schools, mosques and shrines. Persistent poison attacks on girls, firing at and rocket attack on the schools and killing the students are still occurring quite frequently in Afghanistan.

The post Taliban era is a better opportunity for Afghans to get education. In capital Kabul there are numerous government and private schools and higher education institutes that graduate thousands of students every year. However in many provinces of Afghanistan the condition is quite different. According to estimates some 45 percent of Afghanistan's school-age children — 5 million boys and girls — still don't have access to primary education. In some remote areas, there never have been schools.

Poverty that keeps away millions of Afghan children away from school is becoming more difficult to address. Not having enough economical strength has caused many families to send their children to works. In Afghanistan child workers are employed in shops; work as street vendors and work in vehicle repair or metal workshops, tailoring and farming.

In Kabul and many other major cities of Afghanistan, there are street children who shine shoes, beg, clean cars and collect and sell scrap metal, paper and firewood. Children can also be seen in garbage areas searching for things which can be sold for cash or get something to eat and kill their hunger.

The government has to support the families so that they can send their children for getting education. This is the only remedy. If not, many of these child laborers will go astray in their lives and could become criminals and create problems for the masses of Afghan society. Only mentioning facts and figures is not enough, the government has to take some practical steps too.

The future of Afghanistan depends on how much educated its coming generations would be. The international community is supporting Afghanistan's education sector forming a feasible environment for Afghans to get education. This is the government that should become serious in addressing challenges ahead of an educated Afghanistan.