Afghanistan and the Taliban
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The Road to Gelalabad Is Pock Marked With the Scars of Already Two Decades of War
The road to gelalabad was pock marked with the scars of already two decades of war. There are signs that there were some development in the fifties, sixties and seventies. In general, all those attempts faced a lot of pushback from the rural, more traditional, more, you know, islamically identifying regions. I think they wanted the modernization of emp structure, but not in terms of social reforms. Rather, i've talked to many afghans who told me, basically that they welcomed the dams bridges.
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