The Afghans: An infant democracy

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

Zahara Sharif, the only woman among the four members of Afghanistan's parliament from Khowst province, spends some time with her daughter Zala. Sharif is a rarity in this conservative country and represents an institution that Western observers and experts in Afghanistan say is the country's best shot at building a stable democracy after years of war and religious extremism.

Rick Loomis, "The Afghans: An infant democracy," in POYi Archive, Item #46005, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/46005 (accessed April 2, 2025).