Pakistan, April 21 -- Among his many other children, 45 years old Bazaar Khan was especially proud of his 5 years old daughter; Shehrbano. Tending to the kitchen garden or doing other odd jobs around my home in Islamabad, he would often mention that Shehrbano was gifted with extraordinary intelligence and deserved the best education in the world. Born in Afghanistan, he had migrated to Pakistan a few years after Soviet Invasion and had ever since managed a livelihood working various menial jobs.

Pakistan was the only country his children knew and there wasn't enough left in Afghanistan to pull them back. Here in Pakistan, with whatever little skill he had, his only dream was to be able to sponsor a good education for his children. To him...