Afghanistan

[grumpy01]

Hundreds of British and American soldiers killed and maimed in Afghanistan,for what? So that boys of 10 and 11 can shine shoes instead of going to school so that they can help feed their families.

[Peter Pedant]

// Twenty years on the US pulled out, so "we" had to.//

yeah foo we learnt the lesson from er 1840 - at long last

[Khandro]

'Taliban' is really an ideology (based on Sharia) & no country ever run on purely ideological lines; Communism, Fascism, Socialism, or Islamism has ever, or will ever, succeed. I know that, you (should) know that, why don't THEY know that?

[naomi24]

Faith, Khandro.

[fender62]

taliban do not care about education, as the koran will provide everything you need to know, i guess that means engineers doctors
and whoever keeps the lights on, and food.