Read the passage. “Beginning with the Soviet invasion of 1979, successive wars virtually destroyed the education system. Most teachers fled the
country during the Soviet occupation and the subsequent civil war. By
1996 only about 650 schools were functioning. In 1996 the Taliban regime
banned education for females, and the madrassa (mosque school).
became the main source of primary and secondary education. ... In 2007
increased Taliban activity forced the closure of 35 percent of the schools
in the southern provinces Despite renewed emphasis on educating
girls, in 2008 the ratio of girls to boys in secondary schools was one to
three or four, as rural families continued the tradition of educating only
males." - Library of Congress, August 2008 Based on the passage, what is
the MAIN reason that Afghanistan has a low literacy rate? *