 Public and private schools in the city have reopened since 2002 after they were shut down or destroyed during fighting in the 1980s to the late 1990s.Boys and girls are strongly encouraged to attend school under the Karzai administration but many more schools are needed not only in Kabul but throughout the country.The Afghan Ministry of Education has plans to build more schools in the coming years so that education is provided to all citizens of the country.