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How Afghans are fighting brain drain

Dana RegevSeptember 25, 2015

Some 2.7 million Afghans are scattered around the world despite highly subsidized UN-led repatriation programs. An online campaign is trying to keep them in the country by saying loud and clear: Afghanistan needs you.

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