britchickie
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Reged: 03/11/06
Posts: 6
Loc: Rutland, United Kingdom
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The Afghans can thank the USA for the superb canal system. It would be fantastic if they did use them for something other than poppy - the Afghan Government have the Alternative Liveliehoods Project to try and persuade farmers that there are other options.......whether they pay as much or not, I'm not too sure!
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diane9247
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Reged: 01/15/07
Posts: 1861
Loc: Californian in Oregon
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Brtichickie -
Thanks for the correction. I've edited the placemark accordingly.
Diane
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diane9247
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Reged: 01/15/07
Posts: 1861
Loc: Californian in Oregon
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UPDATE:
I received a PM from Richard White, who was in Helmand Province with the Royal Marines in 2006. He also sent a photo he had taken of the Bost Fort, which is one of my placemarks in this folder, and I was thrilled to get it! He was also kind enough to correct my location of the fort, which GE member bullsnose had done, also. It will show correctly when GE updates.
Richard's excellent photo - notice the reinforcement inside the arch compared with the pre-invasion photo from National Geographic:
I've gotten a big charge out of hearing from someone who was there - even better, he lived to tell about it.
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heamit
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Reged: 10/26/06
Posts: 2333
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Fascinating post, Diane, thanks! 
I found the section on Bost fortress and also the petroglyphs particularly interesting.
- H. 
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Jose_Miguel_Perez_Gomez
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Reged: 02/07/07
Posts: 41
Loc: Venezuela, Amazonas, San Carlo...
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Hi Diane,
Extraordinary post!!. These days I saw a documentary on TV about this situation , what impact me the most is how heroin is getting now into the Afghan society like never before. It was like watching a “real hell on earth” , it was just scary to see how thousands of people of all ages are hooked on it with very little hope. I realize how it is becoming a big problem for the Afghans with no solution on the horizon yet. What do you personally think is the best solution for this problem?
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