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Greening Afghanistan

Not far from where the Taliban destroyed two colossal stone Buddha statues, Afghanistan’s first and only woman governor is nurturing dreams of ecotourism in her province.

War might have kept the province of Bamiyan hidden for decades, but now Afghanistan’s first and only woman governor has established the first national park there and is working to build its future on ecotourism. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports on Bamiyan Governor Habiba Sarabi’s green ambitions for one of the poorest places in Afghanistan.