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June 24, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Creating Police Force is Struggle

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. Creating an independent, noncorrupt police force in a...

June 20, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

U.S. Teams Funnel Afghan Aid

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. The elders and businessmen sitting cross-legged on mats...

June 17, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Troops in Afghanistan Respond to Bush's Speech

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. The satellite connection was a little shaky. A wind storm...

June 16, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

NATO's Pledges to Afghans Go Unfulfilled

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. As he patrols the western outskirts of Afghanistan's...

June 14, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Training Afghan Army Proves to be Arduous Task; Illinois Guard Unit Finds Many Recruits are Barely Literate

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. On a hot and dusty plain just south of Kabul, as trucks...

June 13, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Most Afghan Warlords Ignore Calls to Disarm

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. Commander Mohammed Malangyar says that after 25 years of...

June 10, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Despite Hurdles, Prospect of Elections Stirs Afghans' Hope; Violence, Money Woes Put Timetable in Doubt

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. In a parched mud-hut village, in a place where the wells...

June 6, 2004 / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Aid Groups Criticize U.S. Policy

Jon Sawyer

The following article ran as part of an eight-part series by Jon Sawyer, originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch June 6-24, 2004. The otherwise drab metal gate that marks the entrance to...


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