On the wall of Le Pelican cafe in Kabul's dusty suburbs are photographs showing a baker's dozen of Afghan children beaming over a tray of pastries fresh out of the huge oven behind them.
Nearby shelves are stacked with their wares - croissants, pains au chocolat, baguettes, apple and peach tarts and turnovers, sugar cookies, a variety of breads - which teenagers Habib and Zahir carefully put in paper bags for enthusiastic customers.
In a city that has little trace of the sophistication of its past, Le Pelican Boulanger is more than just a welcome oasis for an expatriate community living and working as if under siege.
The cafe's French owners, Jacques and Ariane Hiriart, have built it from scratch to educate children from Afghanistan's ethnic Hazara community, who have long suffered discrimination and exclusion.
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