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A nurse provides solutions for Afghanistan |
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The war in Afghanistan is now its ninth year and seems never ending. Almost daily, there are stories of and suicide bombers, of drones raining bombs down on villages and killing innocent people. Today, over 70,000 American troops are already are in Afghanistan and another 30,000 are on the way. Recently, America's top military intelligence officer in the field -- Major General Michael Flynn, along with two advisers -- issued a devastating report. They said U.S. troops in Afghanistan are "starved for information" and that our intelligence officers and analysts cannot answer, quote, "fundamental questions about the environment in which we operate and the people we are trying to protect and persuade." In stark contrast, Greg Mortenson, a trauma nurse from America, has created an innovative education project that has led to the construction of 131 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, trying to bring knowledge and possibility to more than 58,000 children, both boys and especially girls.
He talks to Bill Moyers, from America's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), about his experiences in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Read the transcript and watch the video: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01152010/profile2.html
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