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* '''2006-10-08''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6032249.stm Afghans 'could switch allegiance'] | * '''2006-10-08''' [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6032249.stm Afghans 'could switch allegiance'] | ||
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| + | * '''2007-06-29''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SR5sJUDfsA Afghan Ladies Driving School: After the Taleban] (BBC report): "a new sense of freedom, and fragile [[democracy]], are re-emerging in Afghanistan. The last time I was here, the Taliban was in power, and music and television were banned for being "un-[[Islam]]ic". Girls and women were barred from going to school, and women were forced out of their professions -- held virtual prisoner in their own homes. Now, 4 years after the US invasion, and the collapse of the [[Taliban]] regime, life has returned to the streets of Kabul." Life seems to be returning to pre-Taliban levels of freedom since the [[2001 invasion of Afghanistan|invasion]], at least in Kabul. | ||
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- 2007-06-29 Afghan Ladies Driving School: After the Taleban (BBC report): "a new sense of freedom, and fragile democracy, are re-emerging in Afghanistan. The last time I was here, the Taliban was in power, and music and television were banned for being "un-Islamic". Girls and women were barred from going to school, and women were forced out of their professions -- held virtual prisoner in their own homes. Now, 4 years after the US invasion, and the collapse of the Taliban regime, life has returned to the streets of Kabul." Life seems to be returning to pre-Taliban levels of freedom since the invasion, at least in Kabul.