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Gardens and Afghanistan [Updated][2x]

March 24, 2008 islamoyankee

Does a war-torn country need a garden?

[update]: Sectarian bias is a blight on a rare Afghan good news story

[update]: Afghanistan’s fight for it’s cultural heritage

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