MISSION: To supply by satellite television an elementary school & literacy education for every little girl and little boy in Afghanistan who does not have a regular school, including in rural areas where distance and dangerous conditions still obtain, and to provide literacy training for adults who desire it.  The literacy and elementary school curriculum will be broadcast 2 hours a day, 6 days a week, 40 weeks a year, in both Pashto and Dari, and be as much as possible like a real school experience. 

MULLA NASRUDIN:   To teach children their letters and numbers, a comic but educational program is being included in the broadcasts, staring this favorite Afghan character.  The real Mulla Nasrudin lived during the Middle Ages in Afghanistan and Central Asia, wandering about with his undersized donkey, making jokes and being the subject of jokes, returning always to his beloved wife in his rural village. 
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