The number of Iranian students studying in the US is on the rise:

Since 1979, when tens of thousands of Iranians studied in the United States, the number of Iranian students in the United States has taken an almost uninterrupted nosedive, bottoming out at fewer than 1,700 students in 1999. Since then, the number of students has begun a slow but steady rise, with more Iranians in the country now than at any other point since 1994, says the Institute of International Education in New York.

I met many Iranian students in Baku applying for visas at the US Embassy there. Amazing kids in every way.

Pakistan's education system has never been laudable.  But things are poised to get worse.  Millions of children are having their education interrupted indefinitely.  What is the future for kids who lose their childhood to war?

It is a toxic mix of mental scarring, helplessness, and poverty that will drive some of these youth to fundamentalism and terrorism.  To prevent this, these children must be offered a proper education and a path to a succesful future.  If we do not, then the Taliban will abduct them or recruit them to become suicide bombers.  And if that happens, no matter how many battles we win, we'll still lose the war.