Connecting the US and Afghanistan

Program Overview

* Hosts: Mariam Atash Nawabi
* Length: 23:45
* Original Airdate: Mar 2009

The US-Afghan Women’s Council was formed in 2002 to promote partnership between the women of the two countries and to empower women in Afghanistan through training programs, leadership development, and economic opportunity.Mariam Atash Nawabi leads a discussion with these influential women.

Guests include: Terry Neese, President of the Institute for Economic Empowerment and the Peace Through Business program; Doris Buffett, founder of the Sunshine Lady Foundation and Diana Rowen Rockefeller, founder of Afghan Women leaders Connect.

About the program:

America Abroad Media (AAM) and Tolo TV in Afghanistan present PUL – a weekly public interest program, recorded in the United States for broadcast throughout Afghanistan. This groundbreaking half-hour show will inform a nationwide Afghan audience about critical issues, domestic and foreign, featuring interviews with leading Afghan and American officials and experts, as well as professionals involved in fields ranging from public health to agriculture to arts and entertainment.

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