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Last week I went to Afghanistan, not on a Congressional delegation, but on my own. My boss, Rep. Mike Honda (D-Calif.), is chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Afghanistan Taskforce and has a keen
interest in rethinking U.S. strategy in this country. With the Congressman’s blessing, I went to Kabul on my time and dime, in an unarmored “soft-skinned” vehicle, locally attired in a Peran Tumban, without a flak jacket and armed with nothing but an aim to listen and understand. Meeting with Afghan government and former
Taliban ministers, Afghan human rights and elections commissioners, United Nations and World Bank officials, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, my goal was to hear a full spectrum of
perspectives. Here on the Hill, I heard the State and Defense departments’ pitch, now I wanted to hear the Afghan perspective.
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