since 2001, more than 500 bbillion u.s. dollars have been poured into the country. another key problem is education. only around 30% of the adult population can read and write. that s one of the lowest literacy rates worldwide. women are particularly disadvantaged. many are married off as young girls and never have the opportunity to go to school or work. tradition and islam govern everyday life. but there are small opportunities to escape. correspondent: it s the final of afghanistan s popular talent show afghan star. throughout the country, fans are cheering on their favorites. who will be this year s winner? the remaining candidates are two outsiders, sayed a barber. he won the hearts of viewers and the jury with some bold rap lyrics. and then there s 18-year-old zulala, who until recently had never sung before an audience. in the end the sayed takes home the title. the way he was rapping was all the problems of the society. so he was talking the language of every afgh
since 2001, more than 500 bbillion u.s. dollars have been poured into the country. another key problem is education. only around 30% of the adult population can read and write. that s one of the lowest literacy rates worldwide. women are particularly disadvantaged. many are married off as young girls and never have the opportunity to go to school or work. tradition and islam govern everyday life. but there are small opportunities to escape. correspondent: it s the final of afghanistan s popular talent show afghan star. throughout the country, fans are cheering on their favorites. who will be this year s winner? the remaining candidates are two outsiders, sayed a barber. he won the hearts of viewers and the jury with some bold rap lyrics. and then there s 18-year-old zulala, who until recently had never sung before an audience. in the end the sayed takes home the title. the way he was rapping was all the problems of the society. so he was talking the language of every afgh
in 2016 alone, 11,500 civilians were killed or injured. the country remains dependent on economic aid. since 2001, more than 500 bbillion u.s. dollars have been poured into the country. another key problem is education. only around 30% of the adult population can read and write. that s one of the lowest literacy rates worldwide. women are particularly disadvantaged. many are married off as young girls and never have the opportunity to go to school or work. tradition and islam govern everyday life. but there are small opportunities to escape. correspondent: it s the final of afghanistan s popular talent show afghan star. throughout the country, fans are cheering on their favorites. who will be this year s winner? the remaining candidates are two outsiders, sayed a barber. he won the hearts of viewers and the jury with some bold rap lyrics. d then there s 18-year-old zulala, who until recently had the jury with some bold rap never sung before an audience. in the end the sayed
that is going through massive transformation. some people confuse that transformation with sins of omission or commission by administration, but there are forces that are at play that we can t necessarily stop or shift the direction of, we have to manage. and i m speaking specifically of something like the arab spring. we couldn t stop the arab spring. and it happened because of a combination of new communications, aspiration, thatnity, the tensions have been created because of the invasion of iraq, which left shia and sunni with a new definition and contest. it happened because of aspirations of young people above all, because of bad governance, failing states. there are many forces that are unleashed right now. so the task for any administration is to tame the worst manifestations of these forces, to try to put together a strategy for how the united states can in fact advance its values and protect its interests in the mix of that transformation. i believe we ve done a pret
defined by a world around us that is going through massive transformation. some people confuse that transformation with sins of omission or commission by administration. but in fact there are forces , that are at play that we can t necessarily stop or shift the direction of, we have to manage. and i m speaking specifically of something like the arab spring. we could not have a stopped the arab spring, no one could. that happened, and it happened because of a combination of new communications, aspiration, modernity, the tensions that have been created because of the invasion of iraq, which left shia and sunni with a new definition and contest. it happened because of aspirations of young people above all, because of bad governance, failing states. there are many forces that are unleashed right now. so the task for any administration is to tame the worst manifestations of these forces, to try to put together a strategy for how the united states can in fact advance its values and