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- Mitchell: Feeling helpless over events in Afghanistan
The news from Afghanistan distresses me lately. I found out a month ago that an attacker in Farah, a province south of Herat, killed five students who were members of a class similar to the one I taught in Herat. That news was shocking, as Julie, my supervisor in Herat, had been in Farah securing a location for that very class only a month prior to my arrival.
June 27, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
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- Richard Holbrooke in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Iranian interest in Afghanistan is very direct - they have got a massive drugs problem coming out of Afghanistan. The Iranian border with Herat in the west of Afghanistan is the critical point for them and it's the access point for much of... David Miliband http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miliband&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFDb6EvgI35zZBYOq429uwiOUMY1g NDTV.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://arabia.ndtv.com/Story.aspx%3Fpageheader%3Dnews%26sub_category%3D%26ID%3DNEWEN20090086071&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHmoBHgT3XZLlAn28slV-zJm1EZiw Mar 6, 2009 46689 63418 herat We recognize geography and its realities," Holbrooke said. "You know that Herat is in a kind of a cultural, economic orbit with political influence from Iran. Iran has a legitimate role to play in the resolution of the Afghan issue. But... - Hillary Rodham Clinton in Washington Post
As part of our expanding efforts in Afghanistan,Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a cable sent Saturday to all Foreign Service officers, "the Department intends to create 14 additional FS positions in Herat and...