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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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James G. Stavridis
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 15
Naval Officer
University Teacher
West Palm Beach
Florida
James G. Stavridis
James George Stavridis
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