Photos: wildlife survives warfare in eastern Afghanistan

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Wildlife conservation in Afghanistan?
An interview with Dr. Alex Dehgan, Afghanistan Country Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society

(08/07/2007) Few people associate Afghanistan with wildlife and it would come as a surprise to many that the war-torn, but fledging democracy is home to snow leopards, Persian leopards, five species of canid (wild dog), Marco Polo Sheep, Asiatic Black Bear, Brown Bears, Striped Hyenas, and numerous bird of prey species.

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