US-Funded Textbooks Teach Afghan Children Whitewashed History

Afghan children are being taught with U.S.-funded textbooks explicitly written to exclude four decades of war in an almost self-satirizing attempt to “bring people together.” “There is no mention of the Soviet war, the mujaheddin, the Taliban or the U.S. military presence,” reports the Washington Post. “In their efforts to promote a single national identity, Afghan leaders … Continue reading US-Funded Textbooks Teach Afghan Children Whitewashed History