A bus that takes children to school. A scene prior ordinary, except that we are in Pakistan, and that these children, teenagers today are returning to school for the first time since . Attack after which most of the schools in the country were closed.
"I'm in second year at the military public school. My mother was killed in the attack, but I'm not afraid to go back, I will finish my studies, "says Syed Abid Hussain on the way to school.
"We're not afraid of them [the Taliban, ed], we're not afraid of their attacks and we go to school to do our studies, it is a fundamental right," joked Mohammad Ali .
At the Military Public School Peshawar, the same one that was attacked, the students were welcomed by General Raheel Sharif, the chief of the Pakistani army. Back to school under very high security remains a challenge for many children still traumatized.
On 16 December the Pakistani Taliban TTP had killed 150 people including 134 children. Since then, and gave the green light to the creation of military courts to try civilians involved in terrorism cases.
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