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To: LindyBill who wrote (103777)	3/9/2005 10:13:32 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

We now have "our man in Kabul." Afghanistan's first blog Afghan Warrier - afghanwarrior.blogspot.com I would like to say hello to all bloggers. My name is Waheed. I am a 20 year old male from Afghanistan and I have been working with the US Army in Kabul, Afghanistan as an interpreter for the last 2 years. Our base is located inside the ANA (Afghan National Army) Central Corps and the US officers train the ANA. I would like to thank my friend Paul Edwards who persuaded me to start my blog and send the real news from Afghanistan. The situation in Afghanistan is getting better day by day. There are still some fights in the southern provinces and also near the Pakistan border. The ANA and US Army fight against them, but the enemy is weak and they just carry out guerilla attacks and then escape. The ANA is improving quickly - the 31st battalion graduated with 853 soldiers and officers last month from KMTC Kabul military training center and moved to ANA central corps. In the new formation of ANA there are six corps - the central corps and central brigade are located in Kabul while the other five corps are located in other provinces like Kandahar, Herat, Gardez, Kundoz, Paktia, and their battalions go on missions to other provinces During Taliban government the women were not allowed to work and girls were not allowed to go school but now people have their own freedom and women can go to work or study. After the election the new government established a new ministry by the name of Ministry of Women's Affairs and the women can easily solve their problems and they also have representatives in other provinces. During the Taliban we didn’t have internet system in Afghanistan but now there are about 25 net cafes in Kabul, and also some in Herat, Kandahar and Balkh provinces. People are really interested to use the internet but its too expensive for people to use it - only rich people can afford it. Durng the Taliban Government we didn’t have any TV channels but now we have 4 TV channels in Kabul and for the first time in Ghazni, Balkh, Herat and Kandahar provinces. # posted by Waheed