US youth don't know where Afghanistan is

DESPITE the horror of the September 11 attacks, less than half of all young Americans know that the Taliban and Al Qaida are based in Afghanistan.

The National Geographic study also found in the US, 83% of young adults could not find Afghanistan on a blank map of the world.

And fewer than two in three Americans could find China on a map of the Middle East/Asia. More than half 56% were unable to locate India, home to 17% of people on Earth. And 42% were unable to locate Britain,