Live from Kabul!
To discuss the latest developments in Afghanistan, GlobalPost Passport is hosting a free conference call featuring two of our most seasoned reporters, Kabul correspondent Jean MacKenzie and Executive Editor Charles M. Sennott. This is a unique opportunity to talk to journalists seeped in the ground truth of America’s most crucial military engagement.
Afghanistan has reached a watershed moment. The country faces a resurgent Taliban, a booming opium trade, and a volatile political climate. Obama has committed 17,000 new troops, and appointed a new commander who intends to drastically shake things up.
Will the strategy work? Can Afghanistan be salvaged? What happens if it isn’t?
GlobalPost will address these questions during a Correspondent Call on Monday, June 29 at 11 a.m. (ET).
As a special offer, the call is open for free to the first 100 people to respond. (Normally these are only open to Passport members.) To join, please send your email address to passport@globalpost.com by 4 p.m. on Friday June 26, 2009. We will email you a telephone number and a participant code. The call will also include a Q & A with the audience.
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