A Fertile Valley Left Barren by the Taliban. / Amy Waldman.
by Waldman, Amy; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 23Environment. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Taliban (Afghanistan) | Ethnic relations | Pushtuns | Tajiks | War -- Environmental aspects | Afghanistan -- Environmental conditions | Afghanistan -- Ethnic relations | Afghanistan -- History -- Civil War (1989- )DDC classification: 050 Summary: "Once the Throne, as Istalif's high point is known, was a favorite picnic spot, yielding a view of terraced houses descending to villages nestled amid vineyards and fields--Afghanistan's breadbasket, the Shamali Plain. Today [2002], a deserted Throne oversees a quilt of destruction, Istalif writ many times over: burned, empty villages surrounded by dried fields and orchards--Afghanistan's scar, the Shamali Plan." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author assesses the land destruction caused by the Taliban and describes how the once-fertile region can no longer provide for its inhabitants.
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Originally Published: A Fertile Valley Left Barren by the Taliban, Jan. 7, 2002; pp. A1+.
"Once the Throne, as Istalif's high point is known, was a favorite picnic spot, yielding a view of terraced houses descending to villages nestled amid vineyards and fields--Afghanistan's breadbasket, the Shamali Plain. Today [2002], a deserted Throne oversees a quilt of destruction, Istalif writ many times over: burned, empty villages surrounded by dried fields and orchards--Afghanistan's scar, the Shamali Plan." (NEW YORK TIMES) The author assesses the land destruction caused by the Taliban and describes how the once-fertile region can no longer provide for its inhabitants.
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