Afghanistan

Magazine articles on politics and society in Afghanistan.

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Outside December 2003 Patrick Symmes	The Kabul Express In the sixties and seventies it was the hippie trail that brought foreigners to Afghanistan. Two decades of war and terror later, Kabul is a nonstop rave of C-130s, NGOs, soldiers, and spooky nation-builders. The freaks are back on Chicken Street -- where everything old is new again.
Geotimes October 2003 John F. Shroder Jr.	Reconstructing Afghanistan: Nation Building or Nation Failure? As the Coalition forces begin reconstructing Iraq, Afghanistan continues to undergo its own rebuilding process. Whether the country continues to fail or rises to succeed may depend on U.S. efforts to help develop Afghanistan's vast natural resources.
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Manjeet Kripalani	Operation: Stability in Afghanistan The country is making steady progress, but it's facing huge challenges in getting ready for free elections next June.
Entrepreneur June 2003 Geoff Williams	New Frontiers Entrepreneurs can help lead Afghans to a better future, says this businessman.
Science News September 14, 2002 Janet Raloff	Afghanistan's Seed Banks Destroyed On Sept. 10, scientists in Kabul reported the loss of Afghanistan's principal agricultural insurance policy: two stores of carefully collected seeds, materials selected to represent the genetic diversity of native crops.
ifeminists August 20, 2002 Wendy McElroy	The Silence Surrounding RAWA Questioning how the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan is using donated money.
Salon.com December 17, 2001 Tamim Ansary	Leaping to conclusions Well-meaning observers are making dangerous assumptions about Afghan women and their goals for the future...
Salon.com December 13, 2001 Janelle Brown	An Afghan aristocrat fights for equality Leila Enayat-Seraj rolls up her couture sleeves to rescue Afghan art and restore civil rights for women...
Salon.com December 12, 2001 Janelle Brown	Ready for her close-up A doctor, educator, human rights activist and mother, Habiba Sarabi longs for a chance to work -- legally -- back home in Afghanistan...
Salon.com December 11, 2001 Janelle Brown	The women behind the women of Afghanistan Hena Efat was smuggled into the Afghan Women's Summit; her plan is to go home and fight some more...
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