"Three Cups of Tea"

In his book, "Three Cups of Tea", Greg Mortenson speaks of his efforts to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. "...slowly, we can encourage modern education, encourage the people to send boys and girls to school. If we invest, it will come back to us. We have to deal with problems of tradition and culture. But we can stop extremism. If people are educated, we can fight against poverty, cruelty and injustice," said Shaukat Ali, a former Kashmiri freedom fighter and Taliban member who now teaches at the Gundi Piran school. In particular, educating girls is the ticket to fighting terrorism. Greg's organization, the Central Asia Institute, has built over 50 schools in remote areas. Ignorance is the enemy.