I will be leading some discussion groups in June and July this summer, entitled AFGHANISTAN: PRE-HISTORY TO MODERN TIMES. The goal is to help people learn more about this wonderful and friendly country. Too many people only know about the Taliban and U.S. Special Forces.

I have slides and personal memories from my tour in Group III (1963-1965), but have not been back since then. I would appreciate the loan of slides (and associated memories) from anyone who has been there since 1980. If you don't want to part with your valuable slides, I would be glad to pay for copies. Please let me know what slides you have, so we can discuss getting copies.

I would also appreciate any opinions, feelings, or insights you might like to share about what is special about Afghanistan and its people. Thank you for your help.

By john patten (ge1-0.cc2.jnb6.alter.net - 196.30.245.149) on Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 2:29 pm: Edit Post

Hi,

I may be able to help. i was a PCV for over three years in Africa, a recruiter in the L.A. office, and spent the first 15 months in post-Taliban Afghanistan with an aid agency. I just finished a photo website with a journal of my time there, so is pretty fresh. Please look at it at:

http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/ekawasa/JohnPattenGraphics/index.html

I would like to know what you think and how to get it liste don search engines. No luck thusfar!

Sincerely,
John Patten