Another Ahmed Rashid piece, this time an interview by Der Spiegel and a one line intro:
the West's model for development is fundamentally flawed and must be changed.
Link:http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-874034.html

The most startling sentences refers to education in Afghanistan improving after the Taliban were ousted. I wonder do ISAF / GIRoA include the children who attend these schools?
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) has for the past fifteen years managed three hundred schools in an area of Afghanistan that is under Taliban control. The Swedes have to deal with the Taliban on an almost daily basis so the schools can be kept open for boys and girls.
A little look at SCA's website found:
..educates 125.000 students at 54 model schools, 71 girls annexes and 1.500 community based schools.
Link:http://www.swedishcommittee.org/