The High Price of Education in Afghanistan

Published February 25, 2009

A bounty was announced in Afghanistan last year; terrorists promised to pay $500 for the killing of a teacher—double the money if it was a female teacher.

In the war-torn Central Asian country, all aspects of a functioning education system are a constant target of terrorism, and teaching children is a risky job. Afghanistan's schools have crumbled under 30 years of war, and during Taliban rule,...