By Jon Boone in Khost
Published: January 29 2008 22:12 | Last updated: January 29 2008 22:12
The US military is funding the construction of Islamic schools, or madrassas, in the east of Afghanistan in an attempt to stem the tide of young people going to radical religious schools in Pakistan.
Such schools spawned the Taliban movement, which harboured Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader behind the September 11 terror attacks on the US, before it was swept from power in 2001.
No comments:
Post a Comment