He sits in the truck on this sunny morning, staring at the blue gate, which remains closed. Mortenson, 56, is wearing Afghan clothing - a flowing tunic and flat wool cap. His co-author committed suicide by kneeling in front of a train. Now, Mortenson is trying to start over, to emerge from years of pain and disgrace. Some appeared not to have been built at all. Some of the schools he boasted of had no students. His book turned out to contain large-scale fabrications. Many of his former advocates now see him as a fraud.Ī 2012 investigation into his charity, the Central Asia Institute, found that he spent millions in donations on his expenses, including travel and clothing. Former president Bill Clinton praised him. President Obama donated $100,000 of his Nobel Prize winnings to Mortenson’s charity. generals sought his advice on Afghan tribal dynamics. Mortenson won fame as a humanitarian who built hundreds of schools in Afghanistan.
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