Afghan schoolgirl severely injured in Sep. 30 attack passes university entrance exams

Afghan teenager Fatemeh Amiri, 17, who was severely injured in a suicide attack on her school in September has passed her university entrance exams, the BBC reported on Saturday.

Amiri lost an eye and sustained severe injuries to her jaw and ear when the Kabul-based Kaaj education center was attacked on September 30. The blast at the female section of the education center killed 53 people, most of them girls and young women, and injured dozens.

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Students were sitting a mock university exam when the center, located in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Kabul, was struck.

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