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Th May 12 -

AFGHAN NEWS GAL -

*Shukria Barakzai, 33, in New York to receive the Worldpress.org's 2004 International Editor of the Year award at the United Nations, made clear her gratitude for the 2001 US-led invasion, which ended many limitations on women...

Barakzai, who ran a school for girls in her home during the Taleban domination, early in 2002 launched Aina-E-Zan or Women's Mirror... The newspaper, which circulates 3000 copies per week in 12 provinces, is written only by women...

She will be accompanying Karzai to the U.S. for a state visit in late May.*

:: Reuters/ANN ::

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