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Desperate times call for desperate measures: Mum cradles baby while writing exam paper

Afghan student, Jahantab Ahmadi sitting a University entrance exam while cradling her baby. [Photo: Courtesy]

An Afghan farmer, Jahantab Ahmadi sits on the ground, her baby resting in her lap, as she focuses on the university entrance exam she hopes will help her fulfil her dreams.

The powerful photo, taken by a professor at Nasir Khusraw private university in central Afghanistan, has gone viral after striking a chord in a country where most women are illiterate and treated as second-class citizens.

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