Posted on 09/04/2021 4:36:32 PM PDT by dynachrome
Scientific research is becoming one of the casualties as the Taliban again take control of Afghanistan, say experts who have lived and worked in the region.
Kenneth Holland, PhD, dean of academics, research and international affairs at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, was president of the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul from 2017 to 2019.
"The people of Afghanistan are losing one of their most valuable national assets -- the scientific mind," he told WebMD.
Holland says that researchers, funded by the United States government and grants from other Western organizations, "are now in danger, since the Taliban consider anyone who worked for the U.S. or its allies as 'traitors.'"
Holland says over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the amount and quality of scientific research done in Afghanistan.
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Goats: Which End Is Best?
Subjects of Experimentation: 200 Goats
Control Group: 10 Goats. 2 Women. Small Boy.
Islam’s attitude toward history and Archaeology is the same as Chinese Communists’ attitude. It is all inappropriate and must not be taught or known before the advent of Islam/Communism and must be limited to the most presently convenient stories of Communism and Islam.
The old National Lampoon, back when it was funny, ran a cover story titled, “The Effects of Nuclear War on the Modelling Industry.” The story here is an unintentional parody of the Lampoon’s intentional parody.
Donate all your hats & caps to charity. You need never fear a sunburned scalp...
Donate all your hats & caps to charity. You need never fear a sunburned scalp...
More idiotic folks who didn’t git while the goin’ was good.
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