IntelTrooper: I'm with the American Army.

And, of course, another benefit of using radios for educational purposes is that it's a less obvious target than a school that the Taliban can just come in and destroy. Since the community managed to limp along for years without one, they might not even feel that much of a loss when it's ruined.

Coalition Forces are already using FM radios for information operation purposes, so working with some NGOs to create some Pashto Language educational materials shouldn't be too much of an additional burden.
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For bases not equipped with Radio In A Box, military FM radios could fill the gap until they're obtained, allowing radio programming to be broadcast from every base and outpost and parcel of real estate we own (as well as from patrols - it's not like they don't know where we are when we're out there). And if broadcast schedules were synchronized between bases, this would likely amplify the effects of select programming, while leaving local DJs plenty of air-time for more local programming. Decentralized but coordinated, difficult to target and destroy, and relatively cheap - insurgent thinking applied to radio for education.