Tag: illiterate

  • Newsweek – Failure of the Afghan National Police

    Most of the recruits are rural villagers who have never been inside a classroom. Roughly 15 percent test positive for drugs, primarily hashish. Few know how to use a toothbrush or drive, and nearly 90 percent are illiterate. Since January 2007, upwards of 2,000 police have been killed in action—more than twice the figure for…