Enlightening to the fact that what we hear via the media is not the day to day lives of the people living and breathing in Pakistan and Afganistan. I would venture to guess that the same would be true in the reverse..."if" they have news of American's it is not a true glimpse of the "average american" Guess it goes both ways....Greg Mortenson's way is our only way to peace in this world....agree or disagree....at least read the book....and then pass it on