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To: parmaright
i was there last year and i can tell you

How are the Afghani's doing as far as producing enough food to feed themselves?

As I understand the situation, much of their ability to be self sufficient has been destroyed over the past 25 years.

8 posted on 04/25/2005 12:41:35 PM PDT by Freebird Forever
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To: Freebird Forever

"How are the Afghani's doing as far as producing enough food to feed themselves?

As I understand the situation, much of their ability to be self sufficient has been destroyed over the past 25 years."

not very well. drought has left the place impossible agriculturally. and the russians destroyed the place. its a mess. and as per my post above, they are really broken. the hope they hold comes in the form of the US and other international security and aid that is doing a good deal in the capital and in some other pockets around the country. kabul is really much better, relatively speaking. the rest of the country is rough. but so many people who fled under the taliban have come back and they are working really hard to fix the place. they are really heroes. i loved them for giving up good lives in america and europe to live without electricity and clean water in a shell of a place because they cared so much. i think as long as the aid continues and the building continues, it will work. it will take years, but i think they can do it with our help. they need some damn rain though. i guess we can't send that.


13 posted on 04/25/2005 2:40:42 PM PDT by parmaright
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