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Rebuilding Their Native Land

NPR

Published December 22, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

Many Afghans fleeing the Soviet invasion of their country found a new home in the United States. Now Afghan-Americans are putting together a grass-roots group to provide a "brain trust" to help their war-torn homeland. NPR's Emily Harris reports.