Baraki

Baraki Barak, with about 80,000 people, is the only one of seven districts in Logar province to receive the key designation.

US-Led Alliance Concentrates on Afghan Population Centers 2011

It is a calm day in Baraki Barak district, in Logar province, eastern Afghanistan.

US-Led Alliance Concentrates on Afghan Population Centers 2011

The elementary schools, in the cleric's home district of Baraki Barak that is now under near-total Taliban control, are funded by a small German aid group named Ofarin that has worked on education in Afghanistan since before 2001.

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In recent years, as the Taliban took over Baraki Barak, Mr. Schwittek hasn't been able to visit the area.

Emboldened Taliban Try to Sell Softer Image Yaroslav Trofimov 2012

Baraki Barak boasts a large bazaar, plus several important roads.

US-Led Alliance Concentrates on Afghan Population Centers 2011

It's sort of a happening place, for lack of a better term, said Captain Paul Rothlisberger of the U.S. 10th Mountain DivisionSince moving into Baraki Barak in 2009, NATO has completed a large number of reconstruction projects, including this orchard.

US-Led Alliance Concentrates on Afghan Population Centers 2011

Two days after protesting in front of his local job center in the poor neighborhood of Baraki, on the outskirts of Algiers, the 26-year-old accountant was offered a state-subsidized position in the finance department of a local government office, his first job in nearly three years.

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Baraki, who had been playing basketball almost daily since she was 7, was devastated.

A LONG ROAD TO ATHENS 2008

When she was chosen in 1982 at 15, Baraki was one of the youngest women ever to play on the national team.

A LONG ROAD TO ATHENS 2008

"I'm going to test my strength to see if I still have it," Baraki says.

A LONG ROAD TO ATHENS 2008