11/21/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 9/10/2002 CALL 1 800-423-TALK Afghanistan An Afghan woman and her family walk past U.S. Army Special Forces (AP) Email to friend For much of the past year, the dateline has been "Afghanistan." The bombs. The food drops. The refugees. The casualties. The battles and eventual fall of Kandahar, Kabul, and Kunduz. Then finally, with the fall of the Taliban, the rise of a certain kind of hope. Suddenly, from a war zone came photos of women's faces and kites and talk of nation building, reconstruction, and renewal. But the violence has never moved far away. The recent assassination attempt against Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai renews suspicion about how fragile the country remains. Afghanistan, the United States, and the fight to keep history from repeating itself. Related Shows The Taliban Re-emerges On Point (09/02/2003) Terrorism in Bali On Point (10/15/2002) Mourning in Afghanistan The Connection (07/09/2002) New Targets and Terror in Iraq The Connection (08/20/2003) Afghanistan: Western Interest Wanes On Point (07/29/2002) War Starts The Connection (10/08/2001) Dexter Filkins, Reporter for the New York Times Ahmed Rashid, correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, The Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph, and author of "Jihad" and Lyse Doucet, BBC Correspondent based in Kabul Rina Amiri, UN political affairs officer, Kabul. Lyse Deucet, part of the stability of what is still a fragile government depends on Hamid Karzai listen Dexter Filkins, it's kind of a chicken and egg thing listen list all Highlights... · Let's Gather Les McCann : Head Jazz · Kid A Radiohead : Kid A

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