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On the recordFebruary 3, 2016
They want their kids to go to school. Taliban don't believe in that.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen highlights the Afghan people's desire for education, contrasting it with Taliban beliefs.

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