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Multireligious lifeline for Afghans

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Afghanistan has a rich history that could be pivotal in the much-vilified South-Central Asian country’s restoration. (Hector Welgampola, UCA News)
With links to ancient India’s Gandhara civilization, part of the area was immortalized as Kandahar, a name some Westerners trace to Iskander, or Alexander the Great. The Macedonian warrior stretched his empire in 334 BC to [...]




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