UNDERSTANDING AFGHANISTAN: DR. NADIR ATASH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY "TURBULENCE" - Julia Stein

The 1960s Afghanistan that Dr. Atash describes is a constitutional monarchy as King Zahir Shah in 1964 "helped establish a constitution that effectively modernized the country and liberated Afghans with provisions that included women's suffrage, free elections, a functioning Parliament and a free press." Dr. Nadir's country in the 1960s has a standing army (Dr. Atash's father is a three-star general);

With current description of 2009 Afghanistan as a "failed state," Dr. Atash's memories of 1970 are important reminder that his country was once fully functioning with highly educated young modernizing professionals like the young Dr. Atash eager to modernize the country in 1970. - Read author Julia Stein's review of "Turbulence" (click here).

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