Tragic as the incident was, Roshan and its Canadian chief executive, Karim Khoja, brushed it off. The firm has had plenty of experience with this sort of episode in the past decade; its persistence and success are a testament to the belief that it is possible to do business in Afghanistan. Although Roshan and Khoja are not out of the Taliban’s reach, they can counter the extremists with a force that’s even stronger than terrorism.
As the Western military presence in Afghanistan comes to an end, mobile technology bids to be the greatest legacy of the West’s intervention in the country. Old men remember travelling for days across bad roads to reach the nearest telephone in neighbouring Pakistan. Now, women with cellphones call radio shows to voice their opinions about the next election—in a country where not only cellphones but also elections, talk shows and women speaking out are all novelties.
via The one thing that works in Afghanistan: mobile – The Globe and Mail.
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