Taliban fighters swap arms for books as hundreds return to school


Kabul (AFP) – Young Taliban members like Gul Agha Jalali used to spend nights planting bombs — hoping to target an Afghan government soldier or, better still, a foreign serviceman. One year after the Taliban return to power, the 23-year-old Taliban member is now studying English, and has enrolled in a computer science course in the capital, Kabul.

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