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| Afghanistan |
| Half of Afghan soldiers & police to be able to read by January |
| 2011-05-10 |
| Original headline: Half of Afghan Military Forces Won't Achieve 1st Grade Literacy Level by 2012 Key points: As of March, 2011 only 14% could read, write and count at first grade level, ie know their numbers and letters, can read/write some basic words. Literacy/numeracy have been added to basic training and at every training course. Literacy, attrition, and leadership shortfalls are the key difficulties currently faced by Afghanistan in being capable of self-defence and self-policing. |
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| #3 AFGHANISTAN [AFPAK] is Amer's "TEDDY ROOSEVELT" or "PANAMA CANAL" MOMENT for the 21st Century, i.e. IFF THE US CAN'T MODERNIZE + DEMOCRATIZE + "WESTERNIZE" SAME NO ONE CAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-10 20:46 |
| #2 At 50% literacy, they have reached the level of Detroit. If the Taliban would unionize, the transformation would be complete. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-05-10 17:16 |
| #1 The other half are still learning how to count bribe money, practice extortion, palm payoff's at border crossings, kidnappings, summary executions, pull Taliban Reserve Duty on week ends.....the usual stuff for this region. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-05-10 12:53 |