Afghanistan freedoms restored

Hard to believe it but The Guardian is reporting the good news out of Afghanistan for a change.

Duncan Campbell in Kabul
Thursday June 17, 2004
The Guardian

A new television station based partly on Channel 4, a radio station with a regular agony slot for lovelorn Afghan teenagers, a new what's on guide to the capital complete with fashion tips. Then there is the reopening of the old golf course, the arrival of the city's first gastropub, the resurgence of once-forbidden cricket and even a "Kabul for Kerry" fundraiser organised by expat American Democrats.

As if the Democrats would have done anything to help Afghanistan.

Launched this week is Afghan Scene, a monthly, full-colour magazine which is the idea of Englishman Dominic Medley, 33, a Warwick University graduate and former BBC journalist who is the co-author of the successful Kabul mini-guide sold throughout the capital by street children who keep the money they make on sales.

Read the rest of the good news.
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