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Until the Soviet invasion, there were American Boy Scouts in [[Kabul]], serving in Boy Scout Troop 1, linked to the [[Direct Service]] branch of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], which supports units around the world. | Until the Soviet invasion, there were American Boy Scouts in [[Kabul]], serving in Boy Scout Troop 1, linked to the [[Direct Service]] branch of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], which supports units around the world. | ||
==Revival of Scouting in Afghanistan== | == Revival of Scouting in Afghanistan == | ||
Several times in the | Several times in the 1990s, and again in [[2002]], political and social changes in Afghanistan opened opportunities for the rebirth of Scouting in Afghanistan. In early 2002, the [[History of Afghanistan since 1992#Rebuilding Afghanistan|Interim Administration of Afghanistan]] Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested embassies of selected countries to assist in reviving Scouting in Afghanistan, and groups began to emerge, led by adults who had been involved with the program prior to 1978. | ||
The fledgling group is '''Da Afğānistān Sarandoy Tolanah''', the Afghan Scout Association, which started as of February 2004 and is working toward WOSM recognition. The national office in Kabul, which operates out of two rooms in the Ministry of Education building, estimates there are about 20,000 Scouts across Afghanistan. All groups are sponsored by the Ministry of Education. | The fledgling group is '''Da Afğānistān Sarandoy Tolanah''', the Afghan Scout Association, which started as of February 2004 and is working toward WOSM recognition. The national office in Kabul, which operates out of two rooms in the Ministry of Education building, estimates there are about 20,000 Scouts across Afghanistan. All groups are sponsored by the Ministry of Education. | ||
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* [[Scouting in Iran]] | * [[Scouting in Iran]] | ||
==References== | == References == | ||
*{{cite web|url=http://www.kidsturncentral.com/topics/hobbies/scouting2.htm|work=Kids' Turn Central|title=Scouting in Afghanistan is back|accessdate=January 28|accessyear=2006}} | *{{cite web|url=http://www.kidsturncentral.com/topics/hobbies/scouting2.htm|work=Kids' Turn Central|title=Scouting in Afghanistan is back|accessdate=January 28|accessyear=2006}} | ||
