Ghor Province....

On Survey in October we flew to Lal Sarjangal...an ancient world and where the Minaret of Jam resides...

Our Afghan women parliamentarians...

Mahbouba and I have come to love these remarkable women...

Update March 2007

I have been working here in Afghanistan now for two years. I stopped writing during my nine month contract with UNIFEM conducting a leadership training. The work was too difficult and too high profile and I didn't feel that I could be candid enough to provide an authentic journal. Mahbouba and I did not resign our contract in October. She left for short trip to the US and I completed our survey with Equal Access Radio. Pictures here are from my work in Bamyan Province. I am delighted with our new course of work which is to focus on the small NGO PARSA and to be very selective about what projects we work on. I have come back online with this journal because it is a delight to write about my journey again.