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Article: A generation lost.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 10, 2001
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Byline: Scott Baldauf
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN -- Afghanistan's children have grown up amid war and Taliban rule. Many, like tea server Malyar Khan (above), work to support families. With peace, they dream of better lives, starting with an education.
They are the faces of a lost generation - young Afghan students and soldiers, laborers and illiterates and dreamers.
Many, like Zergai, a 14-year-old tailor, are crucial breadwinners for their families. Some, like Muhammad Karim, age uncertain, are battle-hardened fighters, more familiar with an assault rifle than a mother's caress. A few, like 17-year-old Miriam, are returning to school for the ...