November 9, 2009 7:44AM 

# How to Flunk the Taliban 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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An interesting story in the *San Francisco Chronicle* highlighting how [private schools are outcompeting both radical madrasas and government schools](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/07/international/i083531S57.DTL) in the hearts and minds of a great many Pakistanis. [Sounds a little bit like this](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa511.pdf).

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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