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CREATIVETIMES A Quarterly Publication Summer 2004 Volume 2, Number 3 AFGHANISTAN: Warring Neighbors Reunited in Education early two decades ago, a dust-up made development efforts seem impossi- occurred in the village of Najat ble. Namong members of two Afghan families. That was, until partners of the Afghanistan Primary Education Program But what began as a small flap that few (APEP) arrived. Today, the fighting has qui- can recall escalated into open warfare. It eted and a common cause in education left 25 people dead in the 560-person vil- has led to a new dawn for the residents of lage in the northern Baghlan province, Najat. It happened with the help of com- where rival Mujahedin commanders took munity mobilization efforts. control of village life. APEPs partner, the Afghanistan Village elders in Najat, Baghlan Province, For an entire generation, enmity overshad- Development Association (ADA), sent Afghanistan. owed shared cultural, religious and ethnic