Aga Khan Foundation USA CEO Mirza Jahani responds to Washington Post inaccuracies …
I was heartened to see the July 12 front-page article on Afghanistan’s Wakhan district [“ ‘The world has left us behind’ ”]. Certainly many points about the country’s marginalized groups and remote populations are valid. Still, the larger context is that the U.S. government is working with partners, including the Aga Khan Development Network, in Wakhan on better governance and services in health and education.
The Post pointed to an incomplete, decades-old dirt road as evidence that not much has changed in the region. In fact, you can’t drive across Wakhan without traversing nine big bridges and passing 10 schools and seven irrigation canals built and supported by us. We work on more than 70 infrastructure projects and support more than a dozen early childhood centers. We and others are creating capacity for services that address health, education and livelihoods ranging from savings groups to ecotourism. Things are changing.
More Afghanistan’s Wakhan district is undergoing a transformation – The Washington Post.
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