May 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Afghanistan: COS - Uzbekistan: Seattle Times: Uzbekistan RPCV Jake Dinneen on "Golf in Afghanistan"
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May 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Afghanistan: COS - Uzbekistan: Seattle Times: Uzbekistan RPCV Jake Dinneen on "Golf in Afghanistan"
Uzbekistan RPCV Jake Dinneen on "Golf in Afghanistan"
Uzbekistan RPCV Jake Dinneen on "Golf in Afghanistan"
Golf in Afghanistan
Seattle Times
May 1, 2005
Shining a needed light
Thank you, Steve Kelley, for your piece on golf in Afghanistan (Seattle Times, April 28). I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in 1999-2000 and I often went near the Afghan border. My heart is still strongly connected to that region, and I sit and wonder when the international community will build a strong effort in places like the -stans. The sad reality of Afghanistan is that it really has never really experienced true unity as a country, and with the insanely powerful warlords it will likely never be peacefully unified.
I do commend your bringing the sports story to light so that folks not normally taken to thinking about other people had reality splashed in their faces. I hope you golf Kabul every year and that your visit does not become only a beautiful memory to your host.
- Jake Dinneen, Seattle
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