Afghanistan’s scientists see gains slip away <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=c80118ecd1&e=1a06b8336c>
For 20 years, science has blossomed in Afghanistan. Now many researchers are fleeing and those who remain face lost funding and the threat of persecution. Humanitarian organizations such as Scholars at Risk are working to find places for researchers overseas, but leaving the country is extremely difficult. Scientists told *Nature *that they <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=7af40eca5d&e=1a06b8336c>fear for themselves and their families, and mourn the loss of a flourishing science infrastructure <https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=bc545985c4&e=1a06b8336c>. “We spent all our money, energy and time in Afghanistan to build a brighter future for ourselves and our children,” says medical physicist Musa Joya. “I really see a dark future.” -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2 twitter: @merle110
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