Afghanistan; where ignorance, illiteracy, and corruption reign supreme.
Afghanistan had a high literacy rate before the Soviet invasion. In 1983, my brother, Larry, showed me a declassified CIA film on the Afghani conflict with the Soviet Union. The Afghani fighters were fearless and resourceful. I watched in total amazement as an Afghani machinist with a forge, a lathe, simple hand tools, a drill press, and a dial caliper, he replicated an AK-47 rifle. Sadly, this isn't today's reality in Afghanistan. After the Afghanis expelled the Soviets, the Islamic zealots took over the country.This had a chilling effect on education across the board on both sexes.…