The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is rewriting textbooks so bad things about the Taliban will be left out-BBC

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8/17/12, "Why Afghanistan's past is being 'rewritten'," BBC

"Afghanistan's government is rewriting history, literally.

The education ministry has endorsed a new history curriculum for school students that deletes nearly four decades of the country's war-torn past.

The government says textbooks based on the new curriculum will help bring unity in a country traditionally polarised along ethnic and political lines.

But critics accuse ministers of trying to appease the Taliban and other powerful groups by erasing history that portrays them in a bad light. They say the government is trying to win over the Taliban before Nato and US forces leave the country....

Students will find few references to the rise and fall of the Taliban."...

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