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<title><![CDATA[Illiteracy Breeds Corruption, Slows Training Among Afghan Recruits]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AOL News: AOL News: Rampant illiteracy among Afghanistan's army and police recruits is fueling corruption and slowing training, according to a U.S. Army official working with the nascent security forces. &#8220;Estimates range, but we think right now when we're recruiting that only 15 percent of the soldiers and policemen that we recruit are literate,&#8221; Col. John Ferrari, the deputy commander for program at NATO Training Mission Afghanistan, told reporters in a conference call.]]></description>
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