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100	1		_aWaldman, Amy.
245	1	2	_aA Fertile Valley Left Barren by the Taliban. / _cAmy Waldman.
260			_bNew York Times, _c2002.
440		0	_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2003. _nArticle 23. _pEnvironment, _x1522-3205;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
500			_aOriginally Published: A Fertile Valley Left Barren by the Taliban, Jan. 7, 2002; pp. A1+.
520			_a"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.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
610	2	0	_aTaliban (Afghanistan)
650		0	_aEthnic relations.
650		0	_aPushtuns.
650		0	_aTajiks.
650		0	_aWar _xEnvironmental aspects.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xEnvironmental conditions.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xEthnic relations.
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xHistory _yCivil War (1989- )
710	2		_aSIRS Publishing, Inc. _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2003. _pEnvironment., _x1522-3205.
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