Azmat Khan

A school refurbished with US funding in Nangarhar province in February.

Have we been duped? The successful building of schools in Afghanistan may be overstated

Education

The US Agency for International Development claims American efforts to help build schools in Afghanistan have been successful, with schools now serving millions of Afghan pupils. But a BuzzFeed investigation questions the agency’s numbers, finding many US-financed schools in serious disrepair and the enrollment numbers inflated.