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Rick Loomis The Los Angeles Times
"The Afghans: An infant democracy"
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Zahara Sharif, the only woman among the
four members of Afghanistan's parliament from Khowst province, spends
some time with her daughter Zala. Sharif is a rarity in this conservative
country and represents an institution that Western observers and experts
in Afghanistan say is the country's best shot at building a stable
democracy after years of war and religious extremism. |
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