An interview with Jason MotlaghWashington Journal, C-SPANJuly 3, 2009 Jason Motlagh,
who recently returned from a Pulitzer Center-funded trip to Afghanistan, talks to C-SPAN's Washington Journal about the current situation on the ground there. In this
half-hour program he fields questions about the challenging terrain in Helmand province, the opium poppy industry and the US's long-term objectives in the war in Afghanistan. Watch the
interview on C-SPAN's website.
An Afghan man prays next to a U.S soldier in a market in Sangarkhel village in the mountains of Wardak Province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY ...