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  • December 2008 Issue
  • Practical aid to Afghans

    Roots of Peace replaces mine fields with new orchards and vineyards.

    Afghan orchard owner Mohammad Younus (left), now deceased, talks with Roots of Peace Extension team leader Pohanyar Pir Mohammad. Grape cartons were used for a pilot shipment of apples to India because of a lack of apple boxes. by Chelan David The year was 2002. The setting: the province of Kabul in war-stricken Afghanistan. Gary Kuhn was starting his first day of work in the rugged ­area best known to many for harboring the world’s most famous terrorist. As executive director for Roots of Peace, a humanitarian organization dedicated to eradicating landmines worldwide and restoring the land through ­sustainable agricultural […]

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