Post 9/11 Pakistan
A teacher leads students in prayer at the Jamia Salfia Madrasa. Madrasas are Koranic religious schools. While most are moderate institutions that provide free education to students, the Taliban movement was born from hardline Madrasas along the Pakistan-Afghan border. Many graduates from these schools go on to fight in "holy conflicts" in Afghanistan or Kashmir. They are often funded by Arab states and have ties with religious political parties..Quetta, Pakistan. 24 September 2001.Photo © J.B. Russell
