The United States trumpets education as one of its shining successes of the war in Afghanistan. But a BuzzFeed News investigation reveals U.S. claims were often outright lies, as the government peddled numbers it knew to be false and touted schools that have never seen a single student.


johu:

Excellent article. Buzzfeed is really stepping up its game. There just doesn't seem to be any way for a country like the USA to make much of a positive difference there. Our Middle East policy just falls apart everywhere we do anything.


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