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— James G. Stavridis"Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires."
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No one seriously disputes that today a woman in Afghanistan is less likely to die giving birth to a child, that the child is more likely to reach the age of five years old, and having reached the age of five that child is far more likely to have a chance to go to school.
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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.
— James G. Stavridis
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