Women's Education At A Standstill In Afghanistan

Taliban leadership in Afghanistan have promised education opportunities for all, but that hasn't happened for older girls and women.

Before Taliban forces reclaimed power in Afghanistan in September, activist and Pen Path founder Matiullah Wesa and his brother were on a mission to bring education to all.

"Sometimes we don't have money and roads condition is not good," said Wesa.

So far, he's been safe — a far cry from his childhood education battle. In 2004, Wesa's school in Kandahar was burned by militants. He says they came to his home where his father, a tribal leader, was threatened at gunpoint for his role in education activism. Since 2009 he and a group of volunteers have been following in his father's steps, providing hundreds of thousands of books to children; 1,700 in-house education opportunities for girls; and going door-to-door pleading with families to allow their girls to attend school when one is available.