Top two photos by Karin Ronnow
Above : The three top 11th-grade students in Kona Kurgan — Rahila ( left ), Urmisa ( center ), and Nur Jamal ( right )— all hope to find a way to get higher education in Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan . Below : Students at the Kona Kurgan High School in eastern Tajikistan welcome guests outside the new building .
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