by Benjamin Tupper
My biggest contribution to the Afghanistan war effort had nothing to do with combat victories against the Taliban. It occurred in a cramped hut about as far away as you can get from the battlefield. This was both office and barracks for the six-man Afghan National Army administrative staff section, known in Dari as the "Pe-john." When I arrived, the Pe-john was literally operating at a medieval technological level. They had large tablets of blank paper, stubby pencils and nothing more. These conditions suffocated their initiative and intelligence. One unassuming, shy Afghan sergeant we called "Cor-ee" was computer-literate. He was short, with a boyish face and an extremely soft voice. Yet he commanded great respect from all the Afghan soldiers ... in part because he was extremely competent, in part because he could recite the Koran from memory and in part because he stood between the soldiers and their monthly pay.
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http://www.au.af.mil/au/aunews/archive/2010/0514/0514Articles/ComputerLiteracy0514.pdf
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