Kabul, a city in rebuilding mode

Kabul, a city in rebuilding mode
16.02.2005 Kabul, Feb.15 : Afghanistan's war ravaged capital of Kabul is a city that appears to be on the mend.

With nearly three decades of destruction and mayhem in its past, thanks to the political shenanigans of the rugged country's warlords and unscrupulous politicians, Kabul now presents itself as a city where its people and leaders want change in right earnest, a change for the better and a change that reflects its modernity.

Engulfed in snow and battered by inclement weather over the past few days, the Afghan people haven't stopped their activities to make the city beautiful.

Cranes can be seen lining the streets to reconstruct heavily damaged buildings, buildings ravaged by bombs and rockets since 1979.

The rivalries among the warlords, however, show no signs of abatement, and this is most starkly visible by the amount of security patrolling this city nestled between snowed in mountains.

That the rule of the radical Taliban, that dominated the Afghan landscape for five years (1996-2001), is over came out loud and clear to this correspondent, who made a rare visit to the Afghan capital when the Taliban was at its height in terms of power and pelf.

Afghan women today walk the streets of the city without care or fear, where once they were coerced into staying indoors and in burqas, besides not being allowed to go to school.

Males and females now travel the streets to their places of work. There is particularly an atmosphere of comfort and peace following the first ever election of a president in the first week of October 2004.

Yes indeed, Kabul is on the mend after years of ravage.

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