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Devastated Afghanistan still produces
70 percent of the world's opium.
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Learn more about warlords, conflict and reconstruction in Afghanistan. read
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covering the U.S. war in Afghanistan, NPR reporter Sarah Chayes
decided to give up her job as a journalist and remain in Afghanistan
to help rebuild the country. "I feel like my destiny is tied up
with the destiny of this place," says Chayes, who traded her tape
recorder for a pickax and shovel to help reconstruct a village outside
Kandahar. FRONTLINE/World's Brian Knappenberger chronicles
Chayes's bumpy transformation from objective journalist to impassioned
aid worker battling bureaucratic red tape, corruption and dangerous
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Interview With Sarah Chayes: Danger, Determination
and Destiny
Sarah Chayes talks about what motivates her to put up with
the threat of violence, on-and-off electricity, and constant obstacles
to her efforts to help reconstruct Afghanistan.
Invisible Women
After the fall of the Taliban, the veils were supposed to
disappear. Learn what women in Afghanistan really face in terms
of politics, education, security and health.
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