"Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the……" — James G. Stavridis
"Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which these men and women would have learned to read."
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James G. Stavridis
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