Young Afghans determined to rebuild war-torn country
Shaharzad Akbar, 25, a young Afghan activist talks during an interview at her office in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP
By AFP
Published: April 19, 2013
KABUL: While others make plans to flee, a new generation of educated young Afghans who have tasted new freedoms in post-Taliban times are determined to stay and rebuild their war-ravaged nation.
With the vast majority of foreign troops withdrawing by the end of next year, many predict a resurgence of the hardline religious groups or a return to the civil war of the 1990s.
But a host of young professionals including entrepreneurs, journalists, activists and artists say they plan to stay to build a better future for a country that has suffered more than three decades of war.
More globally connected than any generation before them, more aware of the outside world and more urban, this new young elite will be the key driver of change in a land where half the population is under 18, said analyst Omar Sharifi.
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