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Survival is precarious in Afghanistan, even in the best of times. And this has been among the worst of times. Racked by 20 years of war, first between the Afghans and the Soviets and now between the Taliban forces and the rebellious Northern Alliance that includes Tadjik, Uzbek and Hazara tribes, the country was ill prepared for three years during which nothing but dust seemed to fall from the sparse clouds. Says Sigurd Hanson, Afghanistan director for the International Rescue Committee, an aid agency based in New York City: "Afghans are at the end of their resources...
...soon as he can, Asch hopes to record folk music from the southern Soviet republics of Tadjik and Azerbaijan, Greece, Hungary, South Africa and Haiti. Says he: "It's not very profitable, but it's steady...
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