From Jim Gilliam's blog

US bought Afghan textbooks

March 23, 2002 11:56 AM

During the Cold War, in an effort to encourage Afghani resistance to Soviet occupation, the United States spent millions on textbooks with militant Islamic teachings. Since then, these textbooks have been the core curriculum throughout Afghanistan.

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