The Taliban and Canadian Students

Canadian students: But 17-year-old Amiri experience will be unlike that of her peers, according to Huffington Post Canada. Growing up in war-torn Afghanistan, Amiri came to Canada in October 2011 unable to speak English and having never attended school, a decision her family made to protect her from being attacked by the Taliban. The teen is one of 20 Canadian students sent to France to learn more about the First World War battle that saw the Canadian army push back the Germans over four blood-soaked days from April 9 to 12, 1917. Understandably, she didn't know much about the First World War, much less Canada role in it before a Grade 11 social studies class. "I knew about other wars, like the Soviets, mujaheddin and Taliban, those kind of wars mostly in my area. Just living in a country I had to leave because of the consequences of war, there a huge difference." The teen, who lives in New Westminster, B.C., says she applied for the Vimy Pilgrimage Award because of her background. "I'm from a war-torn country and it really important for me to educate myself and learn what is my responsibility as a leader in this generation. But not much about World War One or Two," she tells The Huffington Post Canada before departing for France. "There a huge impact when you are affected by war more than when you just learn about it from textbooks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.