Residents of the Zindajan district in Herat said that 15 earthquake-affected villages in the north of this district have never had a school.

Safēd Sang village is one of the 15 earthquake-affected villages where no school has been built during this period.

This village is more than 80 kilometers away from the city of Herat, and according to some residents of this village, their youth have remained illiterate due to the lack of school and access to education.

"We couldn't study, it's too late for us, but the future hope of Afghanistan is in our young generation. When these youths don't study, what do you think should be done?" said Ghulam Nabi, a Zindajan resident.

"We don't have a clinic, there are many health problems here. When we get sick, we have to rent a car to go to the city," said Mehr Del, another resident.

While their homes are being built, these residents are also asking the authorities to build schools for them.

"In this village, there is no school, clinic, school, or even a mosque. They sit in tents, which is the biggest problem of this village," said Wali Mohammad, another resident of Zindajan.

"In the twenty years of the republic, we didn't have any school in this village, and even in the two years since the Islamic Emirate, despite our efforts, there is still no school in these fifteen districts of Zindajan in the north of Herat," said Mohammad Hassan, another resident.

Local officials in Herat also confirmed that there are still no schools in some remote areas, and children are deprived of education.

"In many deprived areas, schools have been built, but there are still areas that are deprived of educational coverage. We are trying to ensure these areas also benefit from the light of education," said Nesar Ahmad Ilyas, the spokesman of Herat’s governor.

In many of the earthquake-affected villages of the Zindajan district where schools had been built, the school buildings were destroyed in the earthquake.

Residents of these villages are concerned that due to the lack of schools, their children will be deprived of education and grow up illiterate.