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Transcript: Afghans In Country's North Are Calm, But Wary
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ROBERT SIEGEL
NPR All Things Considered
06-25-2009
Afghans In Country's North Are Calm, But Wary
Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
And I'm Melissa Block.
In Afghanistan, most of the violence is happening in the south and the east of the country. In the north, it's a different story; the area is relatively calm. But there are simmering tensions among the ethnic groups there, which could get worse ahead of Afghanistan's presidential election.
NPR's Jackie Northam traveled to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif and sent this report.
JACKIE NORTHAM: There's something that occurs ...