Heelai Asad is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan in Kabul.
Muhammad Rahed, 21, was known as a brilliant student and motivational speaker. He taught English and was at the top of his class at Kabul University’s Policy and Public Administration School. Helived by the motto “Smile in the face of hardship.”
An Afghan teenager who survived an alleged shooting by Iranian police that set the car in which he was traveling on fire says he is ready to again try fleeing his war-ravaged homeland.