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Article: WAR ON TERROR: BEFORE THE BOMBS: MY BEAUTIFUL AFGHANISTAN; By LESLEY GARNER who lived in the country before the Soviet invasion.(News)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2001
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Byline: LESLEY GARNER
LESLEY Garner is a travel writer who knows Afghanistan well. Here she describes the unexpected delights of a country that has survived all that 2,000 years of invasions and
turmoil could throw at it
IMAGINE a country where mountain walls of rose and terracotta soar above green valleys of sweet-smelling beanflower and clover.
Imagine sitting in the shade of mulberry and apricot trees, listening to the song of water running through the little canals that irrigate the fields.
At night, you hear the music of the ...
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