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Afghanistan's Untold Story and the Road Ahead

May 7, 2009

Paul Fitzgerald writer

Elizabeth Gould writer

Nick Mills associate professor, journalism, Boston University

Najim Azadzoi Afghan architect

Alan Berger editorial writer, The Boston Globe

Najim Azadzoi, Nick Mills, Paul Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Gould discuss the roots of the current crisis in Afghanistan and how to move toward a better future. The members of the panel contemplate what a peaceful, stable, and productive Afghanistan would look like, and what the new American administration can do to help Afghans realize this goal.

Moderated by journalist Alan Berger of The Boston Globe's editorial board.

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FRONTLINE: Obama's War Series

Topics: Art & Architecture | Business & Economics | Culture & Identity | History | Media & Technology | People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Afghanistan | Architecture | Authors | cold war | communists | Hamid Karzai | highway | Journalists | Kabul | Kandahar | Lifestyle | Middle Eastern | Military & Warfare | Non-Fiction | opium | Soviet Union | Transportation

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